Patrick McGuire
We Learned Very Little about Canada’s Cybersurveillance Agency, CSEC, in 2014
Except for a new report, which shows they joke about monitoring hockey fans.
The Canadian Government Is Researching "Guided Bombs"
The Canadian military's R&D division appears to be looking into a smart, guided bomb system for aerial war.
Did a North Korean Hacker Just Tell Us to Go Fuck Ourselves?
While speculation grows about who hacked Sony Pictures and published tens of gigabytes of their confidential information, a hacker from the team responsible has claimed they're North Korean and told us to go fuck ourselves.
Canada Just Bought Some Body Cams for Its Federal Police Force
The RCMP is apparently following international policing trends and launching a pilot project that will have some officers recording their every interaction.
The Sony Pictures Hack Is the Latest in Mega-Malware Trend Started by Stuxnet
Tracing the similarities of the Sony malware back to an attack against a Saudi oil company in 2012, and then further down the time warp to Stuxnet.
Yesterday Was Rob Ford’s Last Day as Mayor, but His Story Isn’t Over
The multi-tentacled crime drama that surrounded Rob Ford's mayoral tenure is kind of like the Serial podcast for Toronto politics nerds, and the mess continues to be heavily investigated online by armchair sleuths.
Picking Apart the Bizarre Testimony of Darren Wilson
"When I grabbed him, the only way I can describe it is I felt like a five-year-old holding on to Hulk Hogan."
Hackers Are Attacking Canadian Government Websites to Exonerate an Alleged Teen Prankster
A group calling itself Aerith has launched DDoS attacks against the Ottawa and Toronto cops because they say the police arrested the wrong kid in a "swatting" case.
How Video Games Are Exploring Our Fear of Police Militarization
It’s all about the police state and the apocalypse.
The Toronto Streetcar Sexcapade Reveals Canada’s Marginalized Public Sex Fetish
After reports of a "public sexual activity" on the Toronto Transit Commission yesterday sent local media and Twitter into a frenzy, we looked into why people get a thrill from doing it in public.
Uber’s 'God View' Was Once Available to Drivers
What good reason does Uber have for developing a God View feature in the first place?
The City of Toronto Is Uber’s Latest Enemy
Much has been made of Uber's executive gaffes in the US over the past few days. Now, in Canada, they're facing a new attack from Toronto's municipal government, which aims to have all of Uber's services outlawed from the city.