Kim Chandler McDonald

🇨🇦 Encryption, Accountability, and the Cliff Edge: Why Canada Must Rethink Bill C-2 I grew up in Canada. I’m a proud citizen, and still carry with me that deep, cultural belief that our country, at its best, strives to…

🔐 Canada’s Bill C-2 could force decryption through secret orders while still claiming GDPR alignment. You can’t build trust with backdoors. I wrote about what this means for encryption, privacy & cross-border data handling.

#DigitalRights #EncryptionMatters #CyberPolicy
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Not a Restaurant Review - But a Lesson in Hospitality Every Industry Should Heed Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a preview dinner at Prefecture 48, the soon-to-open Japanese fine dining experience in Sydney. I’m not here to write a restaurant review - others will do th...

In an industry as competitive as food & beverage, thoughtful service isn’t just memorable - it’s strategic. And tech would do well to take note.

Because whether you’re serving sashimi or SaaS, what people remember is how you made them feel. #customersuccess www.linkedin.com/pulse/restau...

When Politics Dictates AI: Why Trust, Safety, and Data Privacy Must Stay Non-Negotiable We’re hearing a familiar refrain again: make it neutral. Strip the bias. Clean it up. But whose version of “neutral” are we embedding in…

If your AI can’t name injustice, it’s not neutral – it’s unsafe.

The U.S. is banning “woke” AI from federal use. But when politics starts dictating what models can know, it’s not just bias at risk – it’s trust, privacy, and safety.
Here’s why that should concern all of us
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Narrow Ambitions: NASA Quiet Quits NASA Quiet Quits - Part 1

NASA helps fight cancer. Seriously- tumour growth in microgravity, better imaging tech, radiation insights.
Now its science programs are being gutted.

Newton Campbell's piece is a sharp read on what we’re losing.

thenewtoncampbell.substack.com/p/narrow-amb...
#SciencePolicy #PublicInterestScience

From Targets to Co-Designers: Empowering Gen Z in the Age of AI Gen Z is the first generation to grow up entirely within an AI-powered world. From school apps that track their attention spans to platforms that curate their every scroll, they’ve been nudged, measur...

Gen Z didn’t opt in. They were born into the algorithm.
If we want real digital safety, we need to give them power not just protection, empowerment not entrapment; make them co-designers not targets.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-t...
#ResponsibleAI #DigitalEmpowerment #CyberSafety #YouthOnlineSafety

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: "Cyber Safety and Privacy for Youth - Responsible AI for GenZ". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Organised by: Enterprise IT World MEA & CyAN

Cyber safety. Digital privacy. AI for Gen Z.
Join me on 11 July for a global convo on what it really means to protect and empower young people in an AI-powered world.
Open to all (16+). Register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#AILiteracy #EthicalTech #ResponsibleAI #TrustAndSafety #OnlineSafety

Not Just European, But Trustworthy: What DNS4EU Reminds Us About Sovereignty, Surveillance, and… When Infrastructure Becomes Political

DNS4EU is the EU’s attempt to build a privacy-first alternative to Google & Cloudflare. It promises more #Cybersecurity, fewer trackers, & data that stays in Europe. But if govs can still access your DNS logs, is it really private?
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#DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #TrustAndSafety

Too Big to Fail, Too Centralised to Survive: What 16 Billion Leaked Logins Tell Us About the Wrong Kind of Scale When 16 billion credentials turn up in a single breach compilation, it should shake us. But it doesn’t.

Too big to fail? Try too centralised to survive. The RockYou2024 leak shows what happens when we build scale without resilience. 16B+ logins later, maybe it’s time we stop worshipping growth and start designing for safety.

Let’s talk about what needs to change.

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A sharp, urgent piece from @ninajankowicz.com on how political violence in the US is escalating & why it matters globally. Deeply researched, clearly argued, and well worth your time. Reposting with gratitude. #Democracy #PoliticalViolence #Disinformation #Extremism #GlobalImpacts #StrongerTogether

Hack the Planet? No. Just Hack the Tap: What exposed water systems tell us about the state of cybersecurity around the world I was already feeling twitchy about the state of critical infrastructure, but it was Ryan Naraine’s article in SecurityWeek - “Misconfigured HMIs Expose U.S.

Globally, the digital dashboards that run our water systems are sitting wide open online - often with no password at all. These are key #CyberThreats in the #CriticalInfrastructure we rely on every day.
#CyberSecurity #HackingRisks #ICS #SmartCities #WaterSecurity

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Used, Not Consulted: When AI Trainson Our Work Without Consent CyAN Context At CyAN, we often talk about trust, governance, and transparency aspillars of a secure digital future. But what happens when thoseprinciples are ignored, not in a breach or a ransomwar…

Keen to hear from technologists thinking seriously about data governance, consent, & AI training. What does responsible AI development actually look like when the training data includes us?
@danielvanstrien.bsky.social @emilyliu.me 
 (And anyone else thinking deeply about this.)
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There are so many brilliant authors here on Bluesky, I’d genuinely love to hear your thoughts on this.
What do we do when our words are used without consent, credit, or compensation to train AI?
@margaretatwood.bsky.social @joannechocolat.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social @doctorow.bsky.social

Used, Not Consulted: When AI Trains on Our Work Without Consent Introduction

If you’ve ever created anything - a report, a blog post, a book - your work might already be training someone else’s AI. No credit. No consent. No pay.
Here’s why it matters for all of us.
#AI #DigitalRights #DataGovernance #EthicalTech #SydneyWritersFestival #AIethics
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Blink and we’re back in the dark ages!

So you know how everyone was searching for Conclave last week... just wondering how many are searching for The Grifters this week.

Yep - just put 3kg of chicken breasts in the slow cooker to be shredded and frozen for easy dishes for yonks to come!!

Oh my my… how did you know this is my not so secret joyful space?!! :D

Elizabeth Holmes’s partner reportedly raises millions for blood-testing startup Billy Evans, father of Holmes’s children, says company can make diagnoses from users’ blood, urine and saliva

Elizabeth Holmes's partner reportedly raises millions for blood-testing startup :| www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Animal

#ProudCanadian

Welcome to bluesky @free-to-roam.bsky.social - Looks like you're going to fit in just fine! 😊

I'm so glad you thought so too!

Absolutely LOVED it Jane - it resonated on so many levels. I'm a huge murder-mystery fan so on that level alone - huge win; but then for you to have taken on an issue of such immensity - DV & CC - with such empathy, such understanding and such power - f'ing brilliant!

Honoured to have judged the Australian Space Awards 2025 — my 4th year supporting this amazing industry! 🛰️
Cybersecurity isn’t optional for space — it’s the bedrock of trust, innovation, and future exploration.
Congrats to all the finalists; see you at the awards dinner tonight!🚀 #CyberInSpace

Just finished @janecaro.bsky.social's amazing new book, The Lyre Bird & I can't recommend it highly enough! Cracking characters, biting social commentary, & a wonderful warp & weft of wit & quotes that take my breathe away. "Women screaming is the soundtrack of our lives." Oof! tinyurl.com/3ze92fa6

and yep, even more articles from writers rockin' @bsky.app including: @iainthomson.bsky.social
@ionila.bsky.social
@josephcox.bsky.social
@lawrenceabrams.bsky.social
@mattkapko.com
@robertlemos.bsky.social
@ryanaraine.bsky.social
@serghei.bsky.social
@lot49.com
… and me! 😎

It also features articles from: @404media.co
@bleepingcomputer.com
@darkreading.bsky.social
@securityweek.bsky.social
@trendmicro.bsky.social
@thehackernews.com.web.brid.gy
@theregister.com
and articles by:
@connorjonespwns.bsky.social
@derekbjohnson.bsky.social @jifi60.bsky.social and...

Cyber (In)Securities Issue 142 | Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) (In)Securities Issue #142: Supply Chains, Sovereignty, and the State of Cybercrime From North Korean phishing operations and Ripple’s npm breach to the FBI’s $16.6B cybercrime figure and the quiet co...

Issue 142 of @cybersecadvisors.net (In)Securities is out! Bots are winning, billion-dollar scams are booming, & I’m calling out why small businesses are still being used as digital cannon fodder. It also features articles from:
@apnews.com
@cyberscoop.bsky.social and...
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... & there's more (had to make sure you had some reading for your long weekend!)!

It also features articles by:
@raphae.li
@robwright22.bsky.social
@robertlemos.bsky.social
@ryanaraine.bsky.social
@serghei.bsky.social
@timstarks.bsky.social
@vaishnavi.bsky.social
@zevshalev.bsky.social
…. and me!