Using a non-work computer or phone, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, or OTR chat on Titan keys work as a form of two-factor authentication on a Google account.
It's a shame that it's not easier for companies to help them with more usable security,” John Scott-Railton, a researcher at Citizen Lab, an organization that has deeply investigated hacking campaigns against journalists, activists, and human rights dissidents, told Motherboard in an online chat.ĭo you work at Google, or used to? We would love to hear from you. “We know that high risk groups in some of these countries are hammered by phishing and malware. It’s worth mentioning that activists in some of these sanctioned countries may be at high risk of digitally-focused attacks from governments that have a history of clamping down on activism and free speech. Although Google may be simply trying to stay in line with export legislation-it’s not totally clear if providing these devices to people in these countries would violate any US or international embargoes or export laws-the news does provide insight to the potential legal barriers private businesses face when trying to work with activists in certain parts of the world.
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