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A Canadian Company Is Blocking LGBTQ Content for Censorious Regimes
Netsweeper is blocking content in 30 countries, according to a new report from Toronto-based research group Citizen Lab.
Chinese Government Forces Residents To Install Surveillance App With Awful Security
Last year, authorities told residents of a Muslim-populated part of China to install JingWang, an app that scans for certain files. Now, researchers have found it transfers the collected data with no encryption.
This App Is Helping Iranians Beat Tehran’s Internet Censorship
Psiphon, a Toronto-born app, has seen a 1,650% increase in downloads.
Ethiopia Allegedly Spied on Security Researcher With Israel-Made Spyware
The digital rights watchdog Citizen Lab has exposed a new spyware company that sells surveillance technology to governments.
Net Worth: Data Insecurities
As we continue to spend more of our lives online, how do we safely guard our information and online identities?
Mexico's Sloppy Hacking Attempts Expose Customers of a $1 Billion Spyware Company
A customer of the secretive spyware maker NSO Group is trying to hack several journalists and human rights activists in Mexico.
Ron Deibert’s Lab Is the 'Robin Hood' of Cybersecurity
How one man built a unique lab whose mission is to document how the free internet is slipping into surveillance and censorship.
Egyptian Human Rights Activists Are Being Targeted in 'Dangerous' Hacking Campaign
Since last November, hackers have been relentlessly trying to break into the online accounts of dozens of Egyptian human rights and civil liberties activists.
The Canadian Government’s Plan to Sell New Spying Powers to Citizens
The proposed measure has been defeated again and again.
Apple Patches OS X Vulnerabilities After Cyberattack on Human Rights Dissident
Apple just issued a patch for yet another vulnerability discovered as part of the cyberattack on a UAE human rights dissident.
Meet NSO Group, The New Big Player In The Government Spyware Business
NSO just had its premiere iPhone hacking tool exposed.
Government Hackers Caught Using Unprecedented iPhone Spy Tool
The malware was used to target a political dissident in the United Arab Emirates.