The Citizen Lab

NEW REPORT: Approaching Access: A look at consumer personal data requests in Canada t.co/pwwC5p7sOr

How can you access the personal information companies keep on you? Join Citizen Lab researcher Andrew Hilts for a Facebook live chat on @sparkcbc Monday at 12:30 pm EST t.co/TMmIVVqAw6

Deadline to apply for the @OpenTechFund Information Controls Fellowship is March 25. More details: t.co/foO0SBXCsm

How do we balance national security interests with civil liberties in the digital age? Join @RonDeibert and @lex_is this Friday as they discuss policy issues related to ongoing encryption debates at @UTLaw t.co/qes6UV1Vva

Citizen Lab's @billmarczak spoke to the BBC about the use of Hacking Team's spyware technology in Saudi Arabia t.co/1gz8sJZ2KO

#TBT Following the death of human rights champion Liu Xiaobo, we discovered increased social media censorship of anything relating to him-- including his picture. Read the full report: t.co/Qq7daPRtzr t.co/k86WxfSo5c

Read our latest report to learn more about phishing attacks and how you can better protect yourself online t.co/VqyhGQX36T t.co/KkNPbnOlP2

If you're in San Diego this Friday, make sure to check out the screening of @blackcodefilm at the @hrwfilmfestival, followed by a Q&A with our very own @billmarczak t.co/FNnBXgBli9

"Unfortunately, there is a vast difference between how the CSE publicly describes its intended use of these powers and [the] ways they could be used (and abused) in the future," said researcher @caparsons t.co/HvJoWt4AXS

In light of our latest report detailing an inexpensive but effective phishing campaign, protecting yourself online has never been more important. Learn why 2-Factor Authentication is an easy first step to take: t.co/KytFzvuHEj

Can you spot the difference? Gmail log-in pages were spoofed in latest phishing campaign targeting Tibetan community t.co/YAyTwC3Inq

Along with @cippic, we've penned an analysis of the government's explanations of some of the more problematic elements of #C59 and outline how they are ultimately not enough to alleviate our concerns t.co/LVaQdw8fTk

NEW REPORT: Spying on a Budget: Inside a Phishing Operation with Targets in the Tibetan Community t.co/VqyhGQX36T

"It's very much in the interest of a company collecting this kind of data to not really discourage everybody from sharing it," says @jsrailton. "They want that data." t.co/IKqMXYXheZ

"[@lex_is], chercheuse rattachée au Citizen Lab du Munk School of Global Affairs, à l'Université de Toronto, note qu'elle serait « très surprise » d'apprendre que le stratagème en question respecte la Constitution canadienne." t.co/aBJ1nEsUNi

"In one case, [@jsrailton] was able to look at activity in what's believed to be a drone warfare facility in the Middle East, whilst looking at routes around a Russian embassy in Damascus, Syria." t.co/RI6rMi1lvG

Citizen Lab's @jsrailton recently outlined the information that can be gleaned from insecure apps-- like Strava’s fitness tracker-- including the identification of secret military facilities and specific behaviour patterns of at-risk individuals t.co/oZRnXwWxNE t.co/jiTVg2jbGq

Read Citizen Lab's @jsrailton analysis of privacy and security risks of data leakage in fitness trackers, #Fitleaking t.co/rxisMqPI07

Throwback to last year's discovery of Chinese censorship in an unlikely place: video games t.co/vWpqLnTbql #TBT t.co/dn87NrOTmY

"Given the high stakes for public safety and foreign policy, there is no reason whatsoever for Metrolinx to not disclose whatever evidence they have."- @RonDeibert t.co/mJwz2mv6eZ

This Saturday, Citizen Lab Research Fellow @jon_penney will be giving a talk at the CivilServant Community Research Summit hosted at @medialab. More info: t.co/EWnnZ2DSlJ @natematias

"Once considered the exclusive concern of national security reporters, basic digital security competence is now essential for all journalists." t.co/kaKStIBngG

ICYMI: spyware campaigns targeting Mexican journalists, lawyers, human rights advocates, and anti-corruption campaigners highlighted in @hrw 2017 review t.co/aVgjMXXpxb #GobiernoEspía

Psiphon sees widespread use amid Iranian civil unrest - The Varsity t.co/Q3ACzzUjxu @rondeibert @psiphoninc

El Informe Mundial 2018 de @hrw detalla el récord de derechos humanos de México en 2017, incluido el uso de spyware contra periodistas, abogados y organizaciones que luchan contra la corrupción t.co/aVgjMXXpxb