Iran's internet shutdown, the most severe national blackout ever recorded, is in day 77.
Authorities are selling whitelisted access through SIM cards, creating a two-tier internet where the privileged browse freely while 90M citizens sit in the dark. #DigitalBlackOutIran
Doug Madory
In the "open secret" news category, Canada's 🇨🇦 Ontario Provincial Police have been using spyware, but not disclosing it to the public, and even burying legal cases to keep it secret!
www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
Ron Deibert
The police use of ODITs is so secret that police forces have signed agreements to drop serious criminal investigations rather than reveal the name of their vendor.
Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet Sabotage Tool Was Built to Subvert Nuclear Weapons Simulations https://www.security.com/threat-intelligence/fast16-nuclear-sabotage
The secret Chinese surveillance programme tracking people like me https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/19/leaked-secret-chinese-surveillance-programme-tracks-foreign/
Android Intrusion Logging as a new source of data for consensual forensic analysis https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2026/05/android-intrusion-logging-as-a-new-source-of-data-for-consensual-forensic-analysis/
I am still in shock that Carola Frediani passed away this week. I had the privilege to work with her these past years at HRW, she was a brilliant journalist and technologist. Rest in peace
www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...
'Man in smart glasses filmed me in London then told me to pay' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy87wqz0q9o
Fighting Spyware: An Update From WhatsApp https://about.fb.com/news/2026/06/fighting-spyware-an-update-from-whatsapp/
Pegasus investigation against Òmnium reopened by Court | Diari de Catalunya https://diaricatalunya.cat/en/barcelones/general/investigation-into-pegasus-espionage-against-omnium-members-reopened
Amnesty is recruiting a Technologist in their team researching digital surveillance abuse, this is an amazing position in an amazing team. Location is limited to a few places and deadline is really soon
careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...
Etienne - Tek
Etienne - Tek
Etienne - Tek
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