RYERSON’S OWN BIG BROTHER
By John Shmuel and Shivan Micoo Chris Avenir set off a firestorm. When the 18 year-old Ryerson engineering student was nearly expelled for being the administrator of a Facebook study group in March, he...
View ArticleUNIVERSITY NEGLIGENCE BREACHES PRIVACY LAWS
By Josh Bailie and Steve Silva Ryerson violated Ontario privacy laws by leaving confidential documents in empty, unlocked offices in Kerr Hall South. Payroll stubs, student numbers, grades and exams...
View ArticleTHE UNCHARTED TERRITORY OF DIGITAL LAW
By Alex Hamlyn Biz & Tech Editor Facebook offers its users a sense of confidentiality and privacy. Personal messages, private chats and embarassing photos are meant to be just between the user and...
View ArticleIn Rye we trust?
By Amit Shilton During my four years at this university, Ryerson made the mistake of trusting me. When it came to assignments, essays and deadlines, I was a master of weaseling my way into one...
View ArticlePrivacy woes trail RSU election
Some students’ votes weren’t kept secret in the recent Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) election, according to RSU board of director members. “I had a student come up to me saying they weren’t going to...
View Article‘It’s not a fireable offence’
By Brad Whitehouse Associate News Editor A Ryerson librarian will keep his job after the university said taking photos of Zanzibar strippers from his office window did not amount to a “fireable...
View ArticleThe problem with privacy
Ryerson has guidelines for how they keep your personal information safe and out of reach, but proper precautions are not always taken. News Editor Carolyn Turgeon looks at how safe your information...
View Article100 opt-out cheques delayed due to CESAR and RSU conflict
By Keith Capstick One hundred Ryerson students are currently without their health and dental opt-out cheques because of a privacy dispute between the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) and the Continuing...
View ArticleNew cyber security program launches
By Noushin Ziafati Spending money on advanced firewalls or intrusion protection systems is not enough to ward businesses from cyber threats, according to Ted Rogers School of Information Technology...
View ArticleOculus Rift privacy issues are virtually a reality
By Igor Magun Virtual reality products like the Oculus Rift may open new worlds to explore, but they could also reveal intimate details about us to their manufacturers, according to Ryerson professor...
View ArticleBots make 3.6 million attempts to guess Ryerson passwords over six days
By Justin Chandler and Jacob Dubé In the span of six days, automated password-guessing bots make about 3.6 million attempts to access students’ my.ryerson accounts. Brian Lesser, Ryerson’s chief...
View ArticleApp of the Week: Brave browser
By Sylvia Lorico Browse the internet safely and securely with the Brave browser. Available for Android and iOS, this app lets users browse the internet with built-in security protection and ad blocking...
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Igabyte: Adopt HTTPS, you knobs!
By Igor Magun See that little lock at the top of your web browser? It’s a sign of something very important, and we need more websites to adopt it. The lock shows that you’re connected to our website...
View ArticleIgabyte: Know what you’re permitting your apps to do
By Igor Magun Some of your apps might be asking to access more of your info than they need to operate. If an app needs access to certain features on your phone, like your camera or your contacts for...
View ArticleThe RSU’s $11,000 elephant in the room
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Jacob Dubé If you weren’t already painfully aware, your Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) executive team are currently being paid $11,000 more than their counterparts were last...
View ArticleRSS announcements feature no longer available on D2L
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBy Georgia Mills The feature on D2L that allows students to subscribe to RSS announcements from their instructors was disabled last month due to security concerns about the...
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Privacy experts question RSU’s use of fingerprint scanners
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Valerie Dittrich Three months after the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) rolled out biometric fingerprint scanners for employees to sign in and out of work, privacy experts warn...
View ArticlePerson with custom Zoom background is clearly hiding something, but what?
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Aisha Jaffar With the long-dreaded virtual school year beginning and the inferior video calling software Skype no longer being used by anyone, students are using Zoom to...
View ArticleAmerican tech company violated Canadian privacy rights with facial...
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Rochelle Raveendran U.S. technology firm Clearview AI violated federal and provincial privacy laws by collecting millions of photos of Canadians from social media networks...
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BREAKING: FCAD directors, FoA director resign from RSU citing election...
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Heidi Lee Two Faculty of Communication and Design (FCAD) directors and a Faculty of Arts (FoA) director have resigned from the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) Board of...
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