John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) 's Twitter Profile
John Scott-Railton

@jsrailton

Chasing digital badness. Sr. Researcher @citizenlab @UofT @munkschool. Fmr.Ed. @SecPlanner. Tweets mine.

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Remember: NSO is still actively facilitating attacks against free speech. Cases are still surfacing in 2025 This company has no new leaf to turn. The playbook will always be: profit from repression.

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NEW: Sen. Ron Wyden says AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon were not notifying senators of surveillance requests, despite being required to do so. Wyden also revealed — without naming it — that one carrier secretly turned over Senate data to law enforcement. techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/wyd…

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Now more than ever it is critical to recognize where you've outsourced your cognition. ...or you'll wind up with a mental economy built around others' hidden assumptions & values.

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The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) Freedom Tech Track 2025 videos are here! We begin with The Citizen Lab’s John Scott-Railton, who reveals how dictators turn smartphones into surveillance tools. His talk exposes the hidden risks activists face and shows why privacy tech is so vital.