smexadmin • 13 Jun 2018

Lebanese WhatsApp Users Report Their Accounts Have Been Compromised

According to a statement from the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF), several WhatsApp users have complained that their accounts have…

  • Hacking
  • Lebanese Internal Security Forces
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 25 May 2018

ZooPark: New Spyware Campaign Targets Android Users in the MENA

A targeted, albeit relatively unsophisticated, cyberespionage campaign with servers based in Iran has targeted the Android mobile devices of users…

  • Egypt
  • Hacking
  • Iran
smexadmin • 24 May 2018

Facebook Restricts Access to Content in Lebanon For the First Time

Feature image via facebook May 15, 2018: A bar graph shows newest Transparency report displaying the number of content restrictions…

  • Facebook
  • Lebanese Government
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 21 May 2018

iTunes Yields to Petition from SMEX and Lebanese Band Al-Rahel Al-Kabir

Feature image October 26, 2017:  The Great Departed playing in Zurich.  On May 11, SMEX and Lebanese band Al-Rahel Al-Kabir…

  • Al-Rahel Al-Kabir
  • Freedom Of Expression
  • ITunes Middle East
smexadmin • 20 Apr 2018

Unavailability of Uber’s Anonymized Calling Feature in Lebanon Puts Riders At Risk

Feature image April 20, 2018: A screenshot from the Uber application.  In Lebanon, Uber still makes it possible for drivers…

  • Drivers Threaten Riders
  • Lebanon
  • Privacy
smexadmin • 06 Apr 2018

Lebanese Embassies Expose the Personal Data of Registered Voters Living Abroad

Ahead of the May 6 parliamentary elections, Lebanese embassies abroad have exposed the personal data of Lebanese citizens living abroad,…

  • Data Protection
  • Lebanese Embassies
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 06 Feb 2018

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…

  • Lebanon
  • Privacy Lebanon
  • Privacy Rights