Ron Deibert

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I am the founder and current Director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, where I'm also a political scientist.
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Show threadRon DeibertApr 23, 2023
@smaclellan Thank you (belatedly)
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@StephanieCarvin Thank you @StephanieCarvin (belated thanks!)
Ron DeibertJan 16, 2023

New @citizenlab report out today that details plans for Iran's far-reaching mobile surveillance system

Including details on firms from the UK 🇬🇧 (Telinsol), Russia 🇷🇺 (Protei) and Canada 🇨🇦 (PortaOne) that undertook extensive negotiations to help build it. (There is some uncertainty about whether the agreements were finalized and lawyers for two of the firms said they pulled out).

It's a wild story. Read the details here: https://citizenlab.ca/2023/01/uncovering-irans-mobile-legal-intercept-system/

You Move, They Follow: Uncovering Iran’s Mobile Legal Intercept System - The Citizen Lab

Citizen Lab examined a set of documents leaked to news outlet The Intercept that describe plans to develop and launch an Iranian mobile network, including subscriber management operations and services, and integration with a legal intercept solution. If implemented fully as envisioned, it would enable state authorities to directly monitor, intercept, redirect, degrade or deny all Iranians’ mobile communications, including those who are presently challenging the regime.

The Citizen Lab
Show threadRon DeibertDec 13, 2022
@argohdes Thanks Anita hope you find it useful
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@dox @citizenlab Thanks for highlighting David
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@rafitox thank you
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@Francisck Thank you
Ron DeibertDec 12, 2022
I have a new article out in Foreign Affairs called "The Autocrat in your iPhone: How Mercenary Spyware Threatens Democracy." The article is paywall free right now here; https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/autocrat-in-your-iphone-mercenary-spyware-ronald-deibert
The Autocrat in Your iPhone

How mercenary spyware threatens democracy.

Foreign Affairs
Ron DeibertNov 28, 2022
Noura AljizawiNov 25, 2022
Exposing how Iran tracks and threatens people in Canada, CBC spoke to victims of transnational repression and digital transnational repression who are being threatened by the IRI.
CBC also featured our work @citizenlab @rondeibert @insyria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yB0JaTHzpo
Exposing how Iran tracks and threatens people in Canada

YouTube
Ron DeibertNov 28, 2022
Show threadNoura AljizawiNov 25, 2022
@citizenlab @rondeibert @insyria
In March this year, we released our first report on digital transnational repression in Canada
"Psychological and Emotional War- Digital Transnational Repression in Canada"
https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/psychological-emotional-war-digital-transnational-repression-canada/
Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada - The Citizen Lab

In this report, we describe how activists and dissidents living in Canada are impacted by digital transnational repression. We conclude that digital transnational repression has a serious impact on these communities, including their ability to undertake transnational advocacy work related to human rights. Yet, there is little support for victims who experience such targeting and policy efforts by the Canadian government to date have been insufficient.

The Citizen Lab