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DR Lab • 21 Dec 2022

Sudan: “Men with no Mercy” now Armed with EU-linked Spyware

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—a paramilitary group in Sudan accused of committing crimes against humanity— imported the “Predator” spyware developed…

Citizen Lab
Cytrox
Intellexa

SMEX • 26 Oct 2022

2023 SMEX Fellowship on Technology and Human Rights

Advocacy
Digital Rights
Fellowship

SMEX • 16 Apr 2021

Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism [Bread&Net 2020 Session]

In this session, Jillian C. York discusses her book “Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism,” while…

Arab Spring
Bread&Net
breadandnet

SMEX • 21 Sep 2020

Surveillance in Lebanon: A crisis of privacy

This article is a crosspost from Global Voices. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is…

Crosspost
Dark Caracal
Digital Surveillance

SMEX • 20 Feb 2019

Security Heaven, Privacy Hell: Lebanese Telcos Introduce Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

On Monday, Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar revealed that touch, one of the two mobile operators in Lebanon, is considering purchasing DPI…

Cyberespionage
Deep Packet Inspection
DPI