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SMEX • 05 Jan 2023

Fake Meta Business Manager App is a Hacking Tool!

Earlier this month, our Digital Safety Helpdesk received a message from a business owner whose Facebook and Instagram accounts were…

  • Apps security
  • Business Manager
  • digital safety
SMEX • 11 Nov 2022

Mandatory App, Opaque Policies: The Policy Void that Threatens the Privacy of Qatar World Cup Attendees [REPORT]

For the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, a plethora of technologies are being deployed including smart city tech, drones,…

  • Digital Rights
  • digital safety
  • FIFA World Cup
Julia Bacardit Cruells • 15 Oct 2021

The Digital Safety Helpdesk at SMEX

In April 2020, SMEX launched the Digital Safety Helpdesk to support internet users, activists, journalists, bloggers, and human rights organizations…

  • digital safety
  • Digital Safety Helpdesk
  • Helpdesk
SMEX • 11 Sep 2020

Security Concerns with Lebanon’s New Contact Tracing App

On September 1, the Ministry of Public Health launched Ma3an – Together Against Corona, a contact-tracing application intended to stop…

  • Contact Tracing
  • Corona
  • Coronavirus
Ragheb Ghandour • 25 Aug 2020

How To Make A Privacy-Oriented Application During A Crisis

Over the past couple of weeks, state agencies, international organizations, and local initiatives have launched applications to track housing damage,…

  • Apps
  • crisis
  • digital safety
Waleed Ahmed • 17 Mar 2020

How to improve your digital safety while working remotely

With more countries announcing a state of emergency in response to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, organizations have begun adopting…

  • Coronavirus
  • Coronoavirus
  • digital safety