Rob Davidson @ThatRobDavidson
All things Responsible, especially Data and Governance. Opinions my own (I hope) linkedin.com/in/rob-davidson Ottawa Joined September 2011-
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@BIXImontreal On Thursday was setting up account for partner and me when a person came and took last of two bikes. I bought two one-way passes but couldn't take just one bike. So now I am stuck with two unused 1 way passes, $200 deposit and no longer in Mtl. resolution?
Ha! AI Experts will cite the polls, if the public supports AI. If not, they'll think it's their failure in communicating all the 'treats' that AI will provide
New polling by Pew Research shows regular Americans are very skeptical about AI👇 pewresearch.org/internet/2025/…
President Trump is at it again. His 25 per cent tariffs on cars and light trucks will do nothing more than increase costs for hard-working American families. U.S. markets are already on the decline as the president causes more chaos and uncertainty. He’s putting American jobs at risk. I’ve spoken with Prime Minister Carney. We agree Canada needs to stand firm, strong and united. I fully support the federal government preparing retaliatory tariffs to show that we’ll never back down.
📣🚨 BAT SIGNAL: A law in France that would mandate a backdoor in end to end encrypted communications is set for a vote within the next day, after some start-stop skirmishes. The French Narcotraffic law would require encrypted communications providers—like Signal—create a backdoor by giving the government the ability to add themselves to any group or chat they like. In the name of (checks notes) fighting drug trafficking. While those hyping this bad law have rushed to assure French politicians that the proposal isn’t’ ‘breaking encryption’ their arguments are as tedious as they are stale as they are laughable. For those catching up, let’s review the basics: end to end encryption must only have two ‘ends’—sender and recipient(s). Otherwise, it is backdoored. Whatever method is devised to add a ‘third end’ —from a perverted PRNG in a cryptographic protocol, to vendor-provided government software grafted onto the side of secure communications that allow said government to add themselves to your chats—it rips a hole in the hull of private communications and is a backdoor. Indeed, the ghost participant proposal was roundly rebuked (humiliated, even) when it was first proposed in 2019 in the UK. The technical community was united, and it was never implemented in law or otherwise. We cannot accept any backdoor, however it’s dressed up. Communications don’t stay within jurisdictional boundaries. Which means a hole created in France becomes a vector for anyone wanting to undermine Signal’s robust privacy guarantees, anywhere. Instead of contending with unbreakable math, they only have to compromise a French government employee, or the vendor-provided software used to sideload government operatives into your private chats. This is why, as always, Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written. At this moment especially, there is simply too much riding on Signal, on our being able to forge a future in which private communication persists, to allow such pernicious undermining. We hope—WE HOPE—that this callow, dishonest attack will fail, and will be the last. We would love to get back to the work of maintaining and improving our core technologies, instead of fighting legislation which is distinguished in nothing as much as its refusal to listen to decades of expert consensus in its drive to imperil global cybersecurity and the human right of privacy.
📖 Our latest report explores the crucial role women entrepreneurs play in shaping Canada’s economy, particularly in the digital and #sustainability sectors, and what needs to change to support their success. Read more ➡️ goictc.link/BreakingBarrie…
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Economic shifts, geopolitical recalibrations & technological disruptions are rapidly reshaping the future of nations, industries & societies. How can we leverage tech & policy to navigate these global shifts? Read more in @NamirAnani_ICTC's latest Op-Ed: goictc.link/Global
@markgoldbridge Don't know about IQ but Everton have a bit of the Dark Arts about them
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US President Donald Trump yesterday described Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “dictator without elections”. Our politics blog looks at how other democracies have approached elections during wartime in the past. buff.ly/3Xdn5CH
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Great to attend @centrepointuk's event in Parliament shining a spotlight on youth homelessness. Homelessness hit record levels under the previous govt and I’m proud that this govt is providing an extra £1bn of funding for councils to reduce and prevent homelessness. Too many young people have been failed by the system time and again. I’ll continue to campaign for better support to end youth homelessness in Kensington and Bayswater and across the UK.
@re_sieber This, and the potential of US scientists not attending WHO-led vaccine meeting to choose target viruses flu shots next year statnews.com/2025/02/13/who…
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Really enjoyed this conversation with @acroll about his new book "Just Evil Enough" and how subversive marketing principles can be applied to helping us think about how to change the systems all around us. #LetsThinkDigital
In our latest episode of the Let's Think Digital podcast Ryan talks with Alistair Croll about his new book "Just Evil Enough" and how lessons from the world of subversive marketing can be applied to changing big systems like government. It's a conversation you won't want to miss!
Publishers sue AI startup Cohere linkedin.com/news/story/pub…
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24K Followers 18K Following Author (@leananalytics w/@byosko; @evilenough w/@emilyjaneross) & functional government (https://t.co/VxlcQTLkzX). I chaired that conference you went to that didn’t suck.
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