The Citizen Lab

NEW REPORT: We Chat, They Watch: How International Users Unwittingly Build up WeChat’s Chinese Censorship Apparatus t.co/Tqwe5trvKi

"When it comes to cyber security, governments have problems, big companies have problems...but at least they can go out and hire large companies to investigate and remediate. But when it comes to civil society, they're basically let hung out to dry."- @RonDeibert

This week, @RonDeibert speaks with @lotus_ruan about censorship on Chinese social media and how information has been managed during COVID-19. t.co/KzQIpESri0 t.co/tENpe1gIX2

Today at 6:30 pm EST, @RonDeibert will be delivering testimony to the House of Commons, detailing our investigations into Zoom security & other digital risks MPs might encounter when working from home. Background research in thread 👇 @HoCCommittees #PROC t.co/Vc7H16UQLp

"This represents to my eye a continuation of that effort, to take what is often sort of secret or classified information, turn it into a way that could be made publicly available and then trying to make it more useful to Canadians"- @caparsons t.co/DeBsH76o6A

Today at 4:00 pm EST, @RonDeibert and @irenepoet tackle data protection during COVID-19, gender and digital security, and any questions you submit. t.co/zrXgnAm0OC

Join @RonDeibert and @irenepoet Monday on Instagram as they discuss personal data protection in the era of COVID-19. t.co/KzQIpFa29y t.co/9cQiWQRMMe

ICYMI t.co/JFGDFsBLNr

Get to know the people behind Citizen Lab research with a live chat between @RonDeibert and @billmarczak. Join us Monday on Instagram and ask all things Zoom encryption, targeted digital threats, and Internet Freedom. t.co/aF9GV1r20t

“Surveillance has become so normalized into our lives and used for so many other purposes, from marketing to security, that it’s a reflex”- @RonDeibert t.co/JFGDFsBLNr

"The government must do more to increase testing capacity, encourage its population to get tested and provide robust personal data protection that minimizes the risk of breaches."- @irenepoet and Sinta Dewi Rosadi t.co/akIKDzKIp7

"Algorithms used to power this technology are vulnerable to the same decision-making of concern to humans: discrimination, bias and error." t.co/Rg9T2THpks

自Zoom報告發佈以來，我們收到了許多疑問。就常見疑問，我們發佈了一篇後續報告，補充說明 Zoom 存在的安全漏洞，並回應外界對我們研究的錯誤解讀。t.co/NL3hIsZZya

Anatomy of a Zoom call t.co/jp3ReVxVI5

In our latest research brief, we describe a security issue where users in the “waiting room” of a Zoom meeting could have spied on the meeting, even if they were not approved to join. Zoom fixed the issue after we reported it to them. t.co/35GgSBFvxA

Join @jsrailton this Thursday for a conversation on COVID-19 and increasing calls for the deployment of spyware in the name of public good t.co/xT8XSR8Gft

A newly published paper by @abulkhaezuran and @AndrewMLeber showcase the usefulness of social media data for political analysis by focusing on the main Arabic Twitter hashtag following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. t.co/2RuRGSmzx1

Trust is critical during a pandemic. But trust is difficult to earn when governments suggest deploying invasive technologies that are perceived as pretexts for dismantling privacy. @jsrailton on why spyware will not be our savior. t.co/OrBVWqT4xl

“I would think very carefully before I used Zoom to communicate classified information, trade secrets, or confidential medical data." - @billmarczak t.co/phfQbBGx7v

NEW REPORT: Move Fast & Roll Your Own Crypto: A Quick Look at the Confidentiality of Zoom Meetings t.co/WFgWSI9qqH

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"I can't think of a better brand name to make citizens nervous about a governmental tracking effort," says @jsrailton of NSO's new COVID-19 software. t.co/iyVv2qISRM

ICYMI t.co/CjI9mKAYDh

“In this moment of crisis, phone companies, regulators and the Department of Justice should step up to prevent foreign powers from tracking us through our phones."- @jsrailton t.co/3w8fK2SQTS

"Most services and technologies of this nature haven’t been tested at this scale," says @caparsons of lawful interception systems applied at the national level. t.co/acxjVyW2sU

According to @lotus_ruan, Chinese domestic censorship is decentralized and fragmented—not monolithic—with the burden of information control downloaded to private companies. t.co/CjI9mKAYDh