From 20-23 January, activists and bloggers from across the Arab world gathered in Amman, Jordan for the Fourth Arab Bloggers Meeting.
Investigative Journalist Andrei Soldatov was invited to make a contribution to an inquiry on the Russian electronic mass surveillance system.
Professor Deibert spoke about the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, also known as “The Surveillance Games”.
The Citizen Lab is pleased to announce the Doctoral Award received by Jennie Phillips from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
An article in the Washington Post, titled “Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning,” discussed two of the Citizen Lab’s research outputs.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert was interviewed for IT Business. Professor Deibert spoke about his new book, Black Code, as well as his thoughts on the state of privacy and cybersecurity at the end of 2013.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert was interviewed by Dennis Fisher of Kaspersky’s ThreatPost.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert’s book, Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace, was included in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Reading List for 2013.
Director Ron Deibert spoke about the NSA spying scandal, and his new book, Black Code.
Citizen Lab Communications Officer Irene Poetranto authored an op-ed in The Jakarta Post on 14 December. In Time for greater transparency, Poetranto writes about the recent spying allegations by the Australian spy agency and the market for surveillance technologies.