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What to do about the growing “Digital Arms” market? The spread of technologies like mobile phones and social networks have enabled corporations and governments to eavesdrop on a mass scale. Fulfilling the demand for surveillance tools, a range of companies now sell surveillance backdoors and vulnerabilities, described as “lawful intercept” software.
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.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert joined CBC’s The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti to talk about the idea of a digital bill of rights, the recent Snowden revelations, and his new book, Black Code.
Former Citizen Lab security researcher and member of our technical advisory group, Nart Villeneuve, is part of a team that uncovered a malware campaign targeting European diplomats and foreign ministries.
On 4 December, the Citizen Lab and Professor Ron Deibert were profiled in a piece on Toronto’s innovative cyber security and 3D printing sectors.