Self-managing our digital identity, digital assets and intellectual property...
Now a grandfather, I had to revise my will and mandate in case of incapacity. Except that this time, I found out that I must ask my potential agents and testamentary executors to deal with the ubiquity...
View ArticleThe Chambre des notaires abdicates management of digital identities and assets
Last week I reported that my notary declared that she was unable to help me manage the components of my digital of identities and assets in case of death (will) or inability (mandate). I also described...
View ArticleThe Chambre des notaires corrects its position on the management of digital...
Earlier this week, I reported that Antonin Fortin, Director of Communications and Assistant to the President of the Chambre des notaires du Québec (CNQ, notaries’ professional corporation), wrote about...
View ArticleDigital identities and assets in case of death or incapacity – A first summary
The text that follows both summarizes (but discussion is only just beginning) and complete previously published notes on the subject beginning with this one. This text is derived from my notes in...
View ArticleWinning against the “lawful access” bills: Two strategic intuitions
Are there actions we could start today in a decisive campaign against the adoption of so called “lawful access” bills by Canada? I came to answer “yes” while listening to a presentation by Antoine...
View Article“Lawful access” bill: journalists discovering being targeted
A sudden tug of war between the Charest government and journalists caused a shock wave the echoes of which have rippled through throughout the Canadian journalistic profession. A jolt that could help...
View ArticleMy New Major Research Project
Since January 2013, I started a new research project. A big project that will monopolize most of my energy in the coming years. And on the developments of which I will report on this site. Its title is...
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Since January 2013, I started a new research project. A big project that will monopolize most of my energy in the coming years. And on the developments of which I will report on this site. Its title is...
View ArticleAbandoning the concept (and illustration) of “information collection” for...
In its original 1990 version, the theory of interpersonal information processes refers to collection as one of information’s logical phases. The term collection is borrowed from protection of personal...
View ArticleDemocracy in the Age of Digital Regulation
Many start our digital age with the invention of the computer. The device materializes Alan Turing’s concept of universal machine capable of executing any finite sequence of unambiguous instructions on...
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