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February 9, 2024
Cyber mercenaries present a grave threat to human rights and freedom of expression. They have been implicated in surveillance, torture, and even murder of human rights defenders, political candidates, and journalists. One of the most effective ways that the human rights community pushes back...
September 26, 2023
Not first time Waterlooovernments to abuse human rights
April 10, 2023
President Biden recently announced a ban on commercial hacking software use by government agencies, two years after blacklisting spyware firm NSO Group โย only for the government to do a secret deal with them.
August 9, 2022
OTTAWA - The director of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab says spyware is "like a wiretap on steroids," and it requires more oversight and a much higher threshold for use than traditional wiretaps.
August 9, 2022
Ron Diebert, director of the University of Torontos Citizen Lab, will speak to the House of Commons ethics committee as part of its probe into the RCMPs use of spyware in 32 investigations in the last five years.
August 9, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 9 ...
August 9, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
August 9, 2022
Cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of invasive surveillance tools
April 20, 2022
The Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware, NSO Group Technologies, faces the prospect of legal action in a British court after Pegasus was used against the mobile phones of targets in Britain. Lawyers have sent pre-action letters to NSO, the governments of the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia claiming that Pegasus was used to spy on human rights activists in the UK. The case, which represents the first time that the Israeli firm faces the prospect of legal action in a British court comes ...