
The Citizen Lab
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The Citizen Lab is an academic research group at @UofT focusing on the intersection of technologies, human rights and global security.
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Senior researcher at The Citizen Lab, John Scott-Railton, shares insights on how dictators are leveraging spyware to target activists working towards freedom.

What exactly sets foreign interference apart from influence? On June 9, join the Citizen Lab’s Emile Dirks for an online session that will explore the evolving landscape of China’s transnational influence and repression efforts. Hosted by Canada China Forum Register here:

Circumventing internet censorship in Indonesia is growing more challenging. The Citizen Lab’s Irene P. Poetranto examines Indonesia’s use of DNS redirection to censor online content and discusses its impact on free expression in her new essay published by Carnegie Endowment. Read it here:


NEW: Italy admits hacking activists with #Paragon spyware. Blow to the reputation of a mercenary spyware company that marketed itself as an ethically clean anti-NSO. But the official investigation doesn't answer a big mystery that's bad for #Italy & Paragon 1/.. By Omer Benjakob


NEW: #Italy's spyware scandal just deepened. Just days ago, #Italy claimed to not know who targeted Journalist Francesco Cancellato with #Paragon spyware. But now the spyware company is dropping heavy hints that this wasn't the full story👇 x.com/omerbenj/statu…

Thanks to Global Investigative Journalism Network rowan philp for profiling my new book "Chasing Shadows" and the work of The Citizen Lab 👇

Here's the video of my discussion Toronto Public Library about my new book "Chasing Shadows" with the awesome Nahlah Ayed and CBC Radio's Ideas youtu.be/EefmUadYERw?fe… via YouTube

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: We just forensically unmasked #Paragon's Apple spyware. Zero-click targets: Journalists. In 🇪🇺Europe. Like 🇮🇹Italian reporter Ciro Pellegrino. Reopen's #Italy's spyware scandal. Follows our The Citizen Lab investigation of their Android spyware. 1/



Great thread by my The Citizen Lab colleague Bill Marczak about our latest #Paragon Graphite spyware investigation. Bill's smoking gun discovery led to the first ever attribution of Paragon's Apple spyware.👇

There are plenty of reasons to be concerned with Canada's 🇨🇦 new proposed border security legislation Fortunately we have Kate Robertson The Citizen Lab to untangle them. See below for the extended analysis 🔽

🚨NEW REPORT: exposing a new hacking tactic. 🇷🇺Russian state-backed hackers used an App-Specific Password attack against prominent Russia expert Keir Giles & others. It's like they know what we all expect from them...and then did the opposite 1/ By us The Citizen Lab & @google's
