Karlin Lillington

Karlin Lillington

Contributor

Karlin Lillington, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes about technology.

Internet Explorer’s legacy should be as a cautionary tale and blueprint

Browser’s legal travails nearly broke Microsoft but ultimately may have saved the tech giant

Karlin Lillington: Sheryl Sandberg honed a toxic income model that brought staggering wealth to Facebook

Without her voice in Zuckerberg’s ear, the platform could have become a fleeting social network wonder

Facial recognition technology: A solution to problems that hardly exist

Surveilling every person in a building is a hugely disproportionate preventative measure

Culture shift needed as audiences decline for both real and virtual events

Net Results: Digital reproductions of the in-person experience will not keep people coming back

Farewell iPod, and thanks for all the musical memories

Karlin Lillington: Now it’s hard to convey just how unique it felt to own one

Toxic data-grabbing environment inhibits real tech innovation

Third-party tracking remains ‘a significant and ubiquitous privacy threat’

An anything-goes Twitter? Elon Musk’s fantasy can never come true

Net Results: Law must step up and protect against data power grabs by billionaires

Net Results: Law enforcement and the digital landscape

Is Ireland not pulling its weight when it comes to applying the GDPR?

Pegasus misuse highlights the need for regulation of digital spying tools

Governments must work together to better delineate uncrossable lines for such software

Graham Dwyer ruling a reminder Ireland lives in a data rights Groundhog Day

Karlin Lillington: We just go round and round failing to address serious data issues

Karlin Lillington: Ireland misguided in efforts to regulate online abuse

‘To compel platforms to divulge information at state or law enforcement request is ... insane’

Spyware Pegasus found on hacked mobile phones of four human rights defenders

Inclusion of several Jordanian women among targets ‘merits special attention’

EU-US data transfer deal faces same privacy issues that floored previous accords

Karlin Lillington: ‘In principle’ data protection deals do not have history on their side

Ireland’s allure for multinationals is about a lot more than tax rates

Karlin Lillington: Our strength, resilience and openness will keep attracting investors

Technology and the green glow of Ireland

Karlin Lillington: For a quarter-century, State has been attractive to global tech sector