Spencer Greenhalgh likes RSS and thinks you're great for using ithttps://spencergreenhalgh.com/tags/platform-dependence/recent posts from spencergreenhalgh.comHugoenFri, 08 May 2026 12:22:53 -0400🔗 linkblog: 'The Biggest Student Data Privacy Disaster in History': Canvas Hack Shows the Danger of Centralized EdTechhttps://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-08-some-important/Fri, 08 May 2026 12:22:53 -0400https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-08-some-important/ <p>Some important observations by Ian Linkletter in this interview.</p> 🔗 linkblog: 'The Biggest Student Data Privacy Disaster in History': Canvas Hack Shows the Danger of Centralized EdTech https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-08-some-important/🔗 linkblog: The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debaclehttps://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-08-definitely-worth/Fri, 08 May 2026 06:49:55 -0400https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-08-definitely-worth/ <p>Definitely worth bookmarking this for semesters to come. I like Canvas as far as LMSs go, but the sheer scale of dependence here has me thinking about taking other approaches. This first paragraph is a doozy:</p> <blockquote> <p>Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software platform so thoroughly disrupted the daily operations of thousands of schools across the United States.</p> </blockquote> 🔗 linkblog: The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-05-08-definitely-worth/