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Citizen Lab Post-doctoral Fellow Chris Parsons on surveillance and privacy
Citizen Lab Post-doctoral Fellow Chris Parsons was interviewed by a number of media outlets with regard to surveillance and privacy.
Voice of America covers Citizen Lab research
An article on commercial spyware in Voice of America cited Citizen Lab research into ‘lawful intercept’ spyware such as FinSpy.
Citizen Lab research informs lawsuit against Ethiopian government
Citizen Lab research into FinSpy, a suite of surveillance software marketed exclusively to governments by the Gamma Group of Companies, has helped in the recent lawsuit put forth by an American citizen living in Maryland.
Research Fellow Bill Marczak helps PI and Ethiopean refugee’s claim to UK government
Citizen Lab’s Bill Marczak helped Privacy International scan Ethiopian refugee Tadesse Biru Kersmo’s computer, and they found traces that showed FinSpy had been operating in June 2012 over two days while he was in the UK.
Special Advisor Robert Guerra interviewed by Wilton Park
Special Advisor Robert Guerra was interviewed for Wilton Park on the nature of power. Guerra spoke about what power currently looks like and how is it changing in the world.
Visiting Fellow Rex Hughes joins Canadian Senate committee meeting
Visiting Fellow Rex Hughes was a witness at the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee meeting in the Senate on 5 February, 2014.
Fellow Phillipa Gill receives Early Career Award
Phillipa Gill, former post-doctoral fellow at the Citizen Lab and Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University, has been selected to receive a 2014 Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program in the amount of $514,000.
Morgan Marquis-Boire interviewed for Vice’s Motherboard
Citizen Lab Senior Researcher and Technical Advisor Morgan Marquis-Boire was interviewed for Vice’s Motherboard ahead of the RSA Security Conference.