
John Scott-Railton
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Chasing digital badness. Sr. Researcher @citizenlab @UofT @munkschool. Fmr.Ed. @SecPlanner. Tweets mine.
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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…


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.