The Vaccine Certificate Experience
Version 1 of the Ontario COVID Vaccine Certificate is a cumbersome experience that needs some work
Musings on privacy, data protection, digital democracy, surveillance and other fun stuff.
Version 1 of the Ontario COVID Vaccine Certificate is a cumbersome experience that needs some work
MyData Canada recently submitted a report to the Government of Ontario in response to its consultation for strengthening privacy protections in Ontario.
This is a flight of fancy written a week and a half before the US election. I hope it proves to be bad speculation.
Technology enabled contact tracing seems like a rational response to the current pandemic. However, both the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and the unintended consequences of implementing some of the suggested technologies suggest that a coordinated social response is a better road forward.
Using the Alice and Bob for metaphors for relationships on the web only works when Alice and Bob are actually peers with equal say in their relationship.
A proposal for a Legal Reference Token (LRT) as a software token to connect business, legal and technical requiremeents.
If you want some high level guidance on privacy, this might qualify.
Privacy in the design of sites is not about efficiency. It's about resiliency. Building a site that meets user privacy expectations will lead to long term and continuing engagement.