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Assistant Professor @cs.ubc.ca‬| Research on Network Security & Online Privacy
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Wrapped up an amazing week at USENIX Security ‘25 #USESEC25 in Seattle! Great to catch up with old friends & meet new faces in the security & privacy research community.

Huge congrats to the IRBlock team on the Honorable Mention 🎉
All credit goes to the hardworking students!

@cs.ubc.ca
August 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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cs.ubc.ca
From internet censorship to intrusion detection systems to cryptographic algorithms, UBC Computer Science researchers had several papers accepted at the USENIX Security Symposium 2025! Read more about their work in our new article: www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/08...
Four papers from UBC Security & Privacy Group accepted at top-tier conference for cybersecurity research
www.cs.ubc.ca
August 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
np-tokumei.net
🚨Exciting research from Jonas Tai and Karthik Nishanth (my first MSc students @cs.ubc.ca) & Peter Whiting (intern from @uwaterloo.ca)

This week, at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium in Seattle, WA, they’ll present: "𝐈𝐑𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤: 𝐀 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧"
August 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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eff.org
Age verification has arrived in the UK and, to no one’s surprise, users hate it. We cannot accept these censorship regimes as our new norm. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age
Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA), a UK law requiring online platforms to check that all UK-based users are at least eighteen years old before
www.eff.org
August 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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eff.org
Canada’s Bill C-2 is a Trojan horse, being pushed to align with U.S. surveillance demands. EFF joins @cancivlib.bsky.social OpenMediaOrg.bsky.social, and @citizenlab.ca in saying: Withdraw it.
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borde...
www.eff.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social
Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position.

Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/

#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation
July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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news.ubc.ca
‪Paywall:

@cs.ubc.ca‬ prof Dr. Nguyen Phong Hoang discusses China's new government-run digital ID system via @washingtonpost.com‬

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Big Brother gets new powers in China with digital ID system
China is launching a digital ID system, giving Beijing greater control over online activity and further raising concerns about surveillance and censorship.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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evacide.bsky.social
I spent a whole day in a room full of privacy engineers talking about how they were trying to move their companies towards better practices and then I glanced at my phone, read this, and just let the wave of rage and despair wash over me: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
www.eff.org
July 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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eff.org
Enacting age verification laws with the purported goals of stopping bots and protecting children reflects “not a lot of deep thinking about the nature of the problem,” and impacts all users’ privacy and free speech, EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @fastcompany.com.
Internet regulation is entering its hall pass era
Sweeping new age verification laws in the U.K. and U.S. aim to protect children—but critics warn they could undermine privacy, harm vulnerable users, and end the last remnants of online anonymity.
www.fastcompany.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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geti2p.bsky.social
Tunnel Vision: Anti-censorship Tools, End-to-End Encryption and the Fight for a Free and Open Internet freedomhouse.org/report/speci...
Tunnel Vision: Anti-censorship Tools, End-to-End Encryption and the Fight for a Free and Open Internet
Governments around the world are increasingly exerting control over the technology that people depend on to access the free and open internet.
freedomhouse.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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rondeibert.bsky.social
Canada 🇨🇦 makes many pledges re: regulating spyware, protecting victims of transnational repression, and protecting human rights.

But words must be followed by actions.

My latest @theglobeandmail.com on the G7 Leaders' Statement on Transnational Repression

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3d51c5f...
The G7 condemned transnational repression, but will Canada meet its own commitments?
A statement against this practice was a welcome sight, but will mean very little without concrete action
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Interesting observations about @geti2p.bsky.social access disruptions in Iran — I’d like to add to this based on measurements from i2p-metrics.np-tokumei.net, a system I built several years ago to collect I2P Metrics, supported by @opentechfund.bsky.social

Here’s what the 🇮🇷 Iran data shows:
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June 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM