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Securing Your Digital World
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The organizer estimated that 35 people attended.
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In January the meeting opens with a presentation by Darren Stevens and Gordon Ross on security and privacy in the "Interconnected World". They'll be describing methods that can be used to protect yourself online including how to guard your computers, networks, finances, intellectual assets and personal identity.
Chris Brand will then be giving us a brief background on the pending changes to Canada's copyright legislation and to the Petition for Users' Rights (see http://www.digital-co....
Following the presentations we'll have round-the-room introductions and then we'll open the floor for networking. Be sure to bring your business cards and a story or two to share.
About The Speakers:
Darren Stevens, a consulting software architect, is the President and co-Founder of software company Virtual Perception Systems (see http://virtualpercept.... Together with CSO Gordon Ross they are launching products designed to give people real-time feedback on what's happening in their digital world. Darren is passionate about his vision of a world in which people are in charge of their own information.
Stay tuned for further details.
Darren Stevens notes:
At Virtual Perception Systems, we're fanatics about objects, reuse and maintainability, employing model-centric development processes using UML, RUP and CMM. Programming languages used include C++, Java 5, JEE (J2EE), SQL, SGML (HTML, XML), Java/VB/ECMAScript, and occasionally C, Assembly and Basic. Our systems operate on Microsoft Windows and UNIX. We love to develop portable code for user interfaces in C++, abstract the operating system for portability, and build reusable components and interfaces using nested C++ classes and namespaces. We've done lots of COM, ATL, JNI and .NET, but prefer using the Windows Platform API, C++/DLL interfaces and sockets directly for portable interfaces. We strive to develop attractive user interfaces that are pleasing and easy to use for the individual, minimizing clicks, clutter and confusion, and we strive to develop systems in harmony with nature, the greatest architect of all.
For more information, see http://virtualpercept...
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“ The initial presentation dragged on a bit, but networking was great ” -
“ An excellent networking opportunity. ” -
“ I found the main presentation to be only mildly interesting. I thought Chris' short talk about the Digital Copyright petition to be much more interesting and important. ” -
“ The presentations were good and the networking afterwards was great. This was an ideal size for a networking event. ” -
Valentine Wu (+1 guest)“ 1. Find a special way to secure my digital assets; 2. Know the market better; 3. Get to know the people in the field. ” -
“ A good presentation, but no time for discussion. I liked the idea of a resident personal data monitor, but I'm not so sure about driving alerts to the end user with it. I believe we are surrounded with too much information, which tries to get our attention, instead of being scheduled and processed by some intelligent agent on our behalf. As someone put it quite nicely on radio just recently: "The only viable business case for Instant Messaging (IM) is "Be funny or make me money"". Also I didn't have the opportunity to ask if the operation of this monitor doesn't interfere with other user applications. I would like Darren to explore more on his concept of personal data assistant and how it all ties back to the security cases, presented by Gordon. ” -
“ Thanks Guy for organizing this event and group. Not only I learn about technology, but also I meet good 'geek' people. I am looking forward coming more often. ” -
“ Somebody asked me afterwards "So what side are you on ?" While copyright is often portrayed as "for or against", I don't think it's that simple. I think future creators needs are different to past creators, are different to intermediaries are different to users. Someone I know compares copyright for works to water for people - too little or too much and you die. I think that historically only the people asking for "stronger copyright" have had their voices heard (interestingly, Europe has recently commissioned the first ever study into how the strength of IP protection affects the economy - up until now it's all been rhetoric with no actual studies), so there is a need to redress tis balance somewhat. It's also worth noting that while the CRIA and the like are pushing our government to adopt US-style copyright protection for them, users in the US get a better deal than we do in Canada (US "Fair Use" is stronger then Canadian "Fair Dealing"). ”
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“ Guy did a good job, after the talk, he let everyone introduces himself. It's a good way to find the person you would like to talk to. ”
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Yanshu Zhang (+1 guest)
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Marco Correia (+1 guest)
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