November 2017 - ROHANA REZEL

Canada Post Scam

November 28, 2017

Here’s a new scam. You will get an email from “Canada Post” asking you to download a “notice card” to collect a package that “Canada Post” has been trying to deliver. Do not click on that link. It’s a zip file containing a .vbs malware scrip. The script itself is encoded, with the decoding logic […]

Letter to Mayor and Council: A shadow has been cast over the proposed Airbnb bylaws

November 14, 2017

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Dear Mayor and Council, Today, you will be voting on a new set of proposed bylaws, which, if passed, would make Airbnb and other short term rentals legal in Vancouver. The move to legalize short term rentals in the city have been spearheaded by Kaye Krishna, General manager of Development, Buildings, and Licensing. Ms. Krishna […]

Letter to City of Vancouver: Accepting Property Use Complaints over Twitter

November 7, 2017

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To: Mayor Gregor Robertson Connie Pavone, Executive Assistant to the Mayor’s Chief of Staff Jessie Adcock, CTO Kaye Krishna, General manager of Development, Buildings, and Licensing Dear Sir and Mesdames, I learnt yesterday that the City of Vancouver has abruptly decided to stop accepting property use bylaw infraction complaints sent to @CityofVancouver Twitter account. A […]