A new report by Citizen Lab shows that not just Sogou, but basically every Chinese keyboard 输入法 app and Android phone in China was vulnerable to keystroke eavesdropping loopholes. Notably, Huawei is the only company that did proper encryption. technologyreview.com/2024/04/24/109…

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Many governments around the world are most concerned about regime stability, which means they are targeting civil society domestically and transnationally. @Rondeibert discusses #spyware development and how governments are responding. Full episode with…

Do you know many repressive governments harass their citizens beyond their borders? #TransnationalRepression : A Threat to Human Rights in Europe 🇪🇺. Join LIVE discussion now with:
Hannah Neumann, Saipira Furstenberg, Marcus Michaelsen Citizen Lab
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Very sad to hear the news that Cambridge University colleague, the great Ross Anderson, has passed away.

We collaborated in several projects over many years, including the OpenNet Initiative project.

A big loss to the security community.

🇺🇸Surveillance Update:

US Senator Ron Wyden writes President Biden, requests urgent fixes to SS7 surveillance risks and disclosure of an unclassified, unpublished CISA Cyber 2022 report on the topic 👇

assets.bwbx.io/documents/user…

🇨🇦 Canada-based Sandvine's credit rating downgraded by Moody's Ratings

The pain of US 🇺🇸 U.S. Commerce Dept. sanctions on the firm for selling surveillance and censorship gear to authoritarian regimes:

ratings.moodys.com/ratings-news/4…

h/t John Scott-Railton

Russia just designated Munk School University of Toronto (@citizenlab's home) an “undesirable organization”

A badge of honour. We stand in solidarity with our colleagues & all those working for democracy in 🇷🇺

We’ll never stop exposing Kremlin-sponsored malfeasance

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I interviewed John Scott-Railton of Citizen Lab. Many insights, incl. on how the cos + investors behind Pegasus etal will be a go to for govts seeking AI-enabled surveillance/ tech. Spyware is NSO's 1.0. Version 2.0 will include AI and LLM targeting and analysis.
therecord.media/commercial-spy…