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Lebanon: Your Data is Not Secure on MoPH’s GrabAJab Platform
Update— IMPACT responded to our concerns by suspending Grabajab’s access to patients’ data pending the resolution of security issues. Nonetheless,…
Ma3an App Must Immediately Address Security Issues
In September 2020, SMEX conducted a security analysis of the contact-tracing app, Ma3an, to test the app’s security and safety….
Is the Internet Accessible for People with language impairment?
Can you imagine going on the web to find an ocean of knowledge, but you can’t read any of it?…
Egypt Sentences Tiktok Bloggers to Years in Prison
As part of a wave of arrests against women content creators in Egypt, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Haneen Hossam,…
#TheAppWatchdog: SMEX expands its work to secure Lebanese citizens’ digital data
In Lebanon, the legal framework for privacy and data protection is in limbo, cybersecurity is minimal to non-existent, and citizens’…
Another internet blackout in Syria during exams
In recent years, internet outages in Syria have become a familiar, dystopian tradition during the Official High School Exams. The…
Israeli Airstrikes Destroyed Internet Infrastructure in Gaza [Report]
When Israeli settlers and the police forces invaded Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian activists and citizens took it to social media to…