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“Out of Coverage Area:” Sinai Peninsula Residents Unreachable
Feature image via twitter the Egyptian activist group of April 6 Movement, February 8, 2018: twitted under the hashtag “Sinai…
State of Privacy Lebanon
[leap_iframe width=”100%” height=”400px” scrolling=”yes” url=”http://smex.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/State_of_Privacy_01_18.pdf”] As part of an ongoing collaboration with Privacy International, SMEX produced ”State of Privacy Lebanon,” a…
Security Tips in the Wake of the “Dark Caracal” Report
On January 18, researchers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and security company Lookout published a report uncovering a global…
Dependent Yet Disenfranchised: The Policy Void That Threatens the Rights of Mobile Users in Arab States
In the context of growing government control of mobile networks and a lack of transparency by both governments and companies…
Human Rights Organizations Call for Investigation Into Arbitrary Surveillance Program in Lebanon
Feature image via Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch: A large watchful eye observes as three laptops display information on their screens. (Beirut) –…
Shawarma, Baklava, and Digital Rights Law: Reflections from a Community Workshop on Digital Rights Legal Data at the 2017 Internet Governance Forum
Feature image via SMEX,Geneva, December 19, 2017: SMEX Executive Co-Director Jessica Dheere welcomes participants to our interactive workshop on data,…
Beirut-Based Global Cyber-Espionage Campaign a Threat to Local Freedoms
Feature image via the Dark Caracal technical report: revealing the researchers’ observed locations of compromised devices. A major cyber-espionage campaign…