We are pleased to invite you to the Talk Surveillance and internet security, this Monday, October 12th, at 3pm, in the Classroom at M-ITI (Floor -2 at Madeira Tecnopolo), by Prof. Andrew Clement, Professor Emeritus of Information at the University of Toronto, where he coordinates the Information Policy Research Program and co-founded the Identity Privacy and Security Institute.
Abstract:
There have long been well-founded suspicions that state security agencies, notably the US National Security Agency (NSA), have secretly been conducting surveillance of internet communications, but the revelations from documents Edward Snowden leaked in June 2013 have surprised everyone in terms the global scope and fine-grained detail of internet interception. This surveillance, and the related weakening of encryption standards as well as more targeted injection of spyware into thousands of computers around the world, has provoked widespread concern. This talk will provide an overview of the various forms of recently revealed mass state surveillance, highlighting the interception of communication at internet choke points and the risk this poses for domestic and international traffic that is routed via the US and its Five Eyes partners. The talk concludes with a discussion of the actions people can take in resisting mass state surveillance and developing internet infrastructure that is more consistent with democratic values.
Best,
M-ITI Communication Team