Sr. Tech Policy Advisor at the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. AI, age assurance, digital ID, PETs, extended reality, neurotech -- talk to me about any of them! Or about birds. Would love to see a shoebill stork in the wild one day. (he/him)https://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3laynifuia224The first Canadian Information and Privacy Commissioner to make the shift to Bluesky! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Nov 2024 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3laynifuia224https://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3l77wjqmod22xFlagging @artologica.net's "The Algorithm" series for my privacy folks. I love them, and just need to decide which one(s) shall live on my wall. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Oct 2024 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3l77wjqmod22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3l6dtkzo5qp2x100% agree; first draft is critical. Admission: beyond my own work, I frequently volunteer to hold the pen for collaborative projects in part because I am very aware of how impactful the first draft is on a final work. Self-serving, but true. Can't stomach the idea of ceding that role to an LLM. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2024 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6dtkzo5qp2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3l4cqkc4bzo2zI've been around here longer than I thought!17 Sep 2024 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4cqkc4bzo2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3l3ynmjfybe2kCanada's Conservative Party will be introducing a counter to the Liberals' Bill C-63 (Online Harms Act). https://michellerempelgarner.substack.com/p/the-bill-to-protect-canadians-online (Not commenting on substance, just flagging that it's coming!)12 Sep 2024 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3ynmjfybe2khttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kz5nzqpnms2dJust FYI, Canada's Privacy Commissioner is running a consultation on this topic (open till Sept 10), looking to info to help us establish our approach to some of the issues raised in this article. https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/what-we-do/consultations/consultation-age/expl_gd_age/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2024 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kz5nzqpnms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kulyybfl7w2aA project I've been working on: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/what-we-do/consultations/consultation-age/ If you have thoughts/comments/views, please make a submission or reach out; I'd be happy to talk!10 Jun 2024 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kulyybfl7w2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kqrbcthnj72gSituation: * There is a computer system that was cutting edge in 1977. * It is an irreplaceable treasure of human science. * It is 24 billion kilometres away. * One of the chips has malfunctioned. Challenge: * Fix it. I absolutely love it. https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/23 Apr 2024 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqrbcthnj72ghttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kqr7lq6wod2jNASA problem solving stories are one of my favorite genres. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2024 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqr7lq6wod2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kpggr6rzvq2zTrying to get back into daily #bird drawing. Focusing on heads because all my bird bodies look cartoon-y. Skill will come one day!06 Apr 2024 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpggr6rzvq2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kn4xt2gcjc2aA truly West Coast bird -- the varied thrush. This was the best photo I could get, as it kept hopping away behind some reeds. #birds07 Mar 2024 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn4xt2gcjc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kn3ak7p6z22yWent to Vancouver, had a bald eagle encounter! #birds07 Mar 2024 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn3ak7p6z22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kmwajroqdm2fQuick three day knit -- saw this wool in a sale bin and had to do *something* with it, so a cowl it is.05 Mar 2024 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmwajroqdm2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3km6ijml74u2eTook a couple days but I have now adequately captured the grumpiness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2024 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3km6ijml74u2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3km2hibnyzr24Conference this morning: keynote told the story of the insulin patent being sold for a dollar for benefit of humanity, and US Pharma now making $B's off it. (You know, pricing it such that people die because they can't afford it) The takeaway: next time we need to keep those profits in Canada!23 Feb 2024 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3km2hibnyzr24https://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kludepqgef2aOur local red-tailed hawk appears to have found itself a companion!20 Feb 2024 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kludepqgef2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3klpzg3jg3326Finished knitting myself another vest! I like the colour; just going to have to loosen that shawl collar up a little bit.18 Feb 2024 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3klpzg3jg3326https://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3klerui2qh22tHappy Valentine's Day (via @rosemarymosco.com)14 Feb 2024 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3klerui2qh22thttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kkunyd4nd22mBsky's open, quote one picture of your cat to promote your cat. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2024 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:wuwom4acszyqv2nrcas5iusf/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkunyd4nd22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vancelockton.bsky.social/post/3kkunbfzxlk23I authentically like that a good number of 404 Media's stories seem to come down to one of them hearing a tech rumor and just ... doing some journalism. 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