The Citizen Lab

Q: What are the potential legal issues around finding that WeChat surveils chats of int'l users? A: Privacy regulators could fine the company for misleading users, app stores could delist the product, & gov committees could investigate WeChat. t.co/ZaKuTb7C5v t.co/to6RaRnP85

This Friday, @RonDeibert speaks with legacy Labber Jakub Dalek about censorship, network measurement, and Cold War-era political simulation video game posters. t.co/KzQIpESri0 t.co/3HTTzENNT2

“The heightened level of anxiety means citizens are dependent on getting access to health information, often working at home. That anxiety means people are more likely click on something malicious."- @RonDeibert t.co/6F0nGagj6X

“NSO’s case is the precedent that proves the problem: rushed COVID-19 tracking efforts will imperil our privacy and online safety"- @jsrailton t.co/EkRrxr00Lf

Friday morning at 10:00 am EST, @RonDeibert chats with @lotus_ruan about her latest research, including findings that WeChat surveils non-China registered accounts to build up its political censorship system. t.co/KzQIpESri0 t.co/Vg9QV9rwD4

公民实验室2020年5月7日发布报告指出，中国最流行的社交媒体软件微信是对平台上的文档和图像内容实施监控，并使用监控所得的数据训练其审查系统。我们总结了该报告，并列举与研究团队的一些常见问答。 t.co/HOXvSoSqv4

What is the scale of censorship in China? How does censorship work on WeChat? What is an MD5 hash? To supplement our latest report on WeChat surveillance, we've put together a summary document that includes a Q&A with our research team. t.co/ZaKuTb7C5v

“I would urge international users to consider that, as you use this platform, you’re actually helping to strengthen digital repression in China.”- @RonDeibert t.co/MlvQIA9LfZ

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