John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
Chasing digital badness. Sr. Researcher @citizenlab @UofT @munkschool. Fmr.Ed. @SecPlanner. Tweets mine.
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http://johnscottrailton.com 26-01-2011 04:10:38
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“How to Dictator-Proof Your Money”
My new essay in the Journal of Democracy (Journal of Democracy) on how human rights activists and non-profits across the world are adopting Bitcoin as a resistance currency in response to regimes freezing their bank accounts
journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi…
Putin is a snowflake and can't handle criticism.
Accordingly, Russia just issued an arrest warrant for chess champion Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov.
Absurd.
rferl.org/a/russia-kaspa…
Misinformation when misunderstandings are most dangerous...
...thanks to the epidemic of ' #OSINT '-branded accounts spreading falsehoods during crises.
New Bellingcat piece on the rise of #OSHIT .
By Tristan Lee, Koltai.bsky.social & Giancarlo Fiorella
bellingcat.com/resources/2024…
.Secretary Antony Blinken announced visa restrictions on 13 people involved with or benefitting from the misuse of commercial spyware as part of our whole-of-government effort to counter the proliferation & misuse of commercial spyware, which has been used to enable human rights abuses.
Sell surveillance tools to dictators?
No Zoom calls for you.
No @dell, @microsoft, Salesforce and @Intel either.
Life is coming fast over at Sandvine after the February U.S. Commerce Dept. Entity Listing.
Scoop by Ryan Gallagher
bloomberg.com/news/newslette…