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"https://christopher-parsons.com/2016/10/05/canadas-national-security-consultation-digital-anonymity-subscriber-identification-revisited-yet-again/", "published_at": "2016-10-05T14:42:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52b-00c6-72c1-b46f-55a460c7815a", "title": "IMSI Catcher Report Calls for Transparency, Proportionality, and Minimization Policies", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2016/09/24/imsi-catcher-report-calls-for-transparency-proportionality-and-minimization-policies/", "published_at": "2016-09-24T20:08:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4b035291", "title": "Every Step You Fake: A Comparative Analysis of Fitness Tracker Privacy and Security", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2016/03/30/every-step-you-fake-a-comparative-analysis-of-fitness-tracker-privacy-and-security/", "published_at": "2016-03-30T14:00:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4b4872d3", "title": "Public Submission on IMSI Catchers", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2016/03/23/public-submission-on-imsi-catchers/", "published_at": "2016-03-23T14:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4b4a1f89", "title": "The Limits of Tower Dump Privacy Protections in Canada", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2016/02/09/the-limits-of-tower-dump-privacy-protections-in-canada/", "published_at": "2016-02-09T15:00:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4b5097c4", "title": "Why We Need to Reevaluate How We Share Intelligence Data With Allies", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2016/02/03/why-we-need-to-reevaluate-how-we-share-intelligence-data-with-allies/", "published_at": "2016-02-03T15:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4c37bb6d", "title": "More Surveillance Powers Won’t Prevent Intelligence Failures", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/11/27/more-surveillance-powers-wont-prevent-intelligence-failures/", "published_at": "2015-11-27T16:41:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4cb44366", "title": "Regarding Vidéotron’s Practices Related to its Mobile Wireless Unlimited Music Service", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/11/02/regarding-videotrons-practices-related-to-its-mobile-wireless-unlimited-music-service/", "published_at": "2015-11-02T23:00:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4d5881bd", "title": "Beyond ATIP: New Methods for Researching State Surveillance Practices", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/11/02/beyond-atip-new-methods-for-researching-state-surveillance-practices/", "published_at": "2015-11-02T21:16:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4e20b5ba", "title": "Stuck on the Agenda: Drawing Lessons from the Stagnation of “Lawful Access” Legislation in Canada", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/10/21/stuck-on-the-agenda-drawing-lessons-from-the-stagnation-of-lawful-access-legislation-in-canada/", "published_at": "2015-10-21T14:00:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4e36a103", "title": "Beyond Privacy: Articulating the Broader Harms of Pervasive Mass Surveillance", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/10/20/beyond-privacy-articulating-the-broader-harms-of-pervasive-mass-surveillance/", "published_at": "2015-10-20T15:36:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c536-269a-72ef-a597-8a7d4e53d736", "title": "Half-Baked: The Opportunity To Secure Cookie-Based Identifiers From Passive Surveillance", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/08/13/half-baked-the-opportunity-to-secure-cookie-based-identifiers-from-passive-surveillance/", "published_at": "2015-08-13T14:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410aaef50d8b", "title": "Canada’s Quiet History Of Weakening Communications Encryption", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/08/11/canada-quiet-history-of-weakening-communications-encryption/", "published_at": "2015-08-11T14:00:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410aaf4b59d4", "title": "Canadian Transparency Publications", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/08/10/canadian-transparency-publications/", "published_at": "2015-08-10T15:06:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab0325820", "title": "Industry Canada Transparency Report Guidelines Intensely Problematic", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/07/08/industry-canada-transparency-report-guidelines-intensely-problematic/", "published_at": "2015-07-08T14:00:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab0b08ae4", "title": "Canadian Police Requests for Telecommunications Data", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/07/03/canadian-police-requests-for-telecommunications-data/", "published_at": "2015-07-03T14:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab0c0252f", "title": "Does Mexico’s Transparency Report Promote Accountability?", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/07/01/does-mexicos-transparency-report-promote-accountability/", "published_at": "2015-07-01T17:16:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab13be1eb", "title": "‘Defending the Core’ of the Network: Canadian vs. American Approaches", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/06/12/defending-the-core-of-the-network-canadian-vs-american-approaches/", "published_at": "2015-06-12T14:00:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab1854f8a", "title": "The Governance of Telecommunications Surveillance", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/06/11/the-governance-of-telecommunications-surveillance/", "published_at": "2015-06-11T21:27:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab1e35e44", "title": "New Update to the SIGINT Summaries", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/06/02/new-update-to-the-sigint-summaries/", "published_at": "2015-06-02T21:49:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab2b1ab3a", "title": "Five New Additions to the SIGINT Summaries", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/03/27/five-new-sigint-summaries/", "published_at": "2015-03-27T22:09:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-201f-703d-bb80-410ab3228f67", "title": "Six New Additions to the SIGINT Summaries", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/02/06/six-new-additions-to-the-sigint-summaries/", "published_at": "2015-02-06T19:47:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec5-72fa-aee2-6e3be89504ca", "title": "New Additions to the Canadian SIGINT Summaries", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/01/08/new-additions-to-the-canadian-sigint-summaries/", "published_at": "2015-01-08T19:37:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec5-72fa-aee2-6e3be96586e8", "title": "Draft: Do Transparency Reports Matter for Public Policy?", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2015/01/06/draft-do-transparency-reports-matter-for-public-policy/", "published_at": "2015-01-06T19:52:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec5-72fa-aee2-6e3bea410bda", "title": "The Canadian SIGINT Summaries", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/12/30/the-canadian-sigint-summaries/", "published_at": "2014-12-30T17:22:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec6-7389-ad98-f8870e66263c", "title": "Review of Desk.PM’s Publishing App (v. 1.0)", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/11/26/review-of-desk-app-v-1-0/", "published_at": "2014-11-26T17:33:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec6-7389-ad98-f8870ee07669", "title": "CSIS’s New Powers Demand New Accountability Mechanisms", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/11/19/csiss-new-powers-demand-new-accountability-mechanisms/", "published_at": "2014-11-19T22:21:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec6-7389-ad98-f8870f95a43a", "title": "Advancing Encryption for the Masses", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/11/18/advancing-encryption-for-the-masses/", "published_at": "2014-11-18T20:52:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec6-7389-ad98-f88710844420", "title": "Microsoft’s OneDrive Storage Expands NSA Surveillance", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/11/04/microsofts-onedrive-storage-expands-nsa-surveillance/", "published_at": "2014-11-04T16:52:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec6-7389-ad98-f88711478231", "title": "It’s Time for BlackBerry to Come Clean", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/09/25/its-time-for-blackberry-to-come-clean/", "published_at": "2014-09-25T16:27:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec6-7389-ad98-f88711ddecbc", "title": "A Crisis of Accountability — The Canadian Situation", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/06/10/a-crisis-of-accountability-the-canadian-situation/", "published_at": "2014-06-10T17:30:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-9ec6-7389-ad98-f887122fc26e", "title": "Canadian Cyberbullying Legislation Threatens to Further Legitimize Malware Sales", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/06/04/canadian-cyberbullying-legislation-threatens-to-further-legitimize-malware-sales/", "published_at": "2014-06-04T21:34:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11bb383771", "title": "Responding the the Crisis in Canadian Telecommunications", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/05/01/responding-the-the-crisis-in-canadian-telecommunications/", "published_at": "2014-05-01T16:45:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11bbd018b0", "title": "Accountability and Government Surveillance", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/03/27/accountability-and-government-surveillance/", "published_at": "2014-03-27T20:13:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11bc4c27c3", "title": "Practical Steps Towards Telecommunications Transparency", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/03/19/practical-steps-towards-telecommunications-transparency/", "published_at": "2014-03-19T18:45:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11bd2e3eb4", "title": "The Murky State of Canadian Telecommunications Surveillance", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/03/06/the-murky-state-of-canadian-telecommunications-surveillance/", "published_at": "2014-03-06T15:05:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11bdb252dd", "title": "More Voices Call for Transparency in Canadian Telecommunications", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/01/28/more-voices-call-for-transparency-in-canadian-telecommunications/", "published_at": "2014-01-28T20:55:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11be87d079", "title": "Towards Transparency in Canadian Telecommunications", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2014/01/22/towards-transparency-in-canadian-telecommunications/", "published_at": "2014-01-22T16:27:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11beb3aa4e", "title": "The Oddities of CBC’s Snowden Redactions", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2013/12/02/the-oddities-of-cbcs-snowden-redactions/", "published_at": "2013-12-02T20:51:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11bfa4b475", "title": "A National ID Card By Stealth? The BC Services Card – Privacy Risks, Opportunities & Alternatives", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2013/11/14/a-national-id-card-by-stealth-the-bc-services-card-privacy-risks-opportunities-alternatives/", "published_at": "2013-11-14T11:04:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11bff99df2", "title": "The Politics of Deep Packet Inspection: What Drives Surveillance by Internet Service Providers?", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2013/11/06/the-politics-of-deep-packet-inspection-what-drives-surveillance-by-internet-service-providers/", "published_at": "2013-11-06T14:38:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-6b61-73d6-b15f-8b11c0d41c4a", "title": "AT&T’s Anti-Infringement Patent", "url": "https://christopher-parsons.com/2013/07/20/atts-copyright-infringement-patent/", "published_at": "2013-07-20T23:23:50+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

A Career in Technology Policy: How to Get Started and What to Expectoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2026

2024

In Memory of Dr. Omid Payrow Shabanioriginal ↗
10 Nov 2024

2023

Highlights from NSIRA’s 2022 Annual Reportoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2023
Finding You: The Network Effect of Telecommunications Vulnerabilities for Location Disclosureoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2023
NSICOP’s 2022 Annual Reportoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2023
The Utility of Secret Intelligence in Secret-Intelligence Resistant Political and Bureaucratic Culturesoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2023
Statement About the Attack in the University of Waterloo’s Gender Issues Philosophy Courseoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2023
The G7 Communique and Artificial Intelligenceoriginal ↗
27 May 2023
Relaunch of the SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2023
Website Resource Updatesoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2023

2022

Why Is(n’t) TikTok A National Security Risk?original ↗
22 Dec 2022
Minding Your Business: A Critical Analysis of the Collection of De-identified Mobility Data and Its Use Under Socially Beneficial and Legitimate Business Exemptions in Canadian Privacy Laworiginal ↗
29 Nov 2022
Cybersecurity Will Not Thrive in Darkness: A Critical Analysis of Proposed Amendments in Bill C-26 to the Telecommunications Actoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2022
Unpacking the CSE’s 2021-2022 Annual Reportoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2022
The Policy and Political Implications of ‘Securing Canada’s Telecommunications Systems’original ↗
8 Jun 2022
Findings and Absences in Canada’s (Draft) International Cybersecurity Strategyoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2022
Unpacking NSICOP’s Special Report on the Government of Canada’s Framework and Activities to Defend its Systems and Networks from Cyber Attackoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2022
Public and Privacy Policy Implications of PHAC’s Use of Mobility Informationoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2022
Review: The Bridge in the Parks-The Five Eyes and Cold War Counter-Intelligenceoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2022
Lawful Access Returns: Online Harms and Warrantless Access to Subscriber and Transmission Dataoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2022
Canadian Government’s Pandemic Data Collection Reveals Serious Privacy, Transparency, and Accountability Deficitsoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2022

2021

Unpacking NSIRA’s 2020 Annual Reportoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2021
Pandemic Privacy: A Preliminary Analysis of Collection Technologies, Data Collection Laws, and Legislative Reform during COVID-19original ↗
30 Sept 2021
Answers and Further Analysis Concerning NSIRA’s 2021 Cyber Incidentoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2021
The Problems and Complications of Apple Monitoring for Child Sexual Abuse Material in iCloud Photosoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2021
Apple’s Monitoring of Children’s Communications Content Puts Children and Adults at Riskoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2021
Reflections on “Foreign Interference: Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process”original ↗
23 Jul 2021
Canadian National Security Assessment Rules Endanger Scholarly Researchoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2021
NSIRA Calls CSE’s Lawfulness Into Questionoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2021
Initial Thoughts on Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurityoriginal ↗
13 May 2021
Questions Surrounding NSIRA’s ‘Cyber Incident’original ↗
29 Apr 2021
Review: Top Secret Canada-Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Communityoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2021
On The Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images of Menoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2021
Building Trust in Chinese Infrastructure Vendors and Communications Intermediariesoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2021

2020

Huawei & 5G: Clarifying the Canadian Equities and Charting a Strategic Path Forwardoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2020
Equity, inclusion and Canada’s COVID Alert apporiginal ↗
13 Aug 2020
The Information Security Cultures of Journalismoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2020
We Chat, They Watch: How International Users Unwittingly Build up WeChat’s Chinese Censorship Apparatusoriginal ↗
7 May 2020

2019

Canada’s New and Irresponsible Encryption Policy: How the Government of Canada’s New Policy Threatens Charter Rights, Cybersecurity, Economic Growth, and Foreign Policyoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2019
A Predator in Your Pocket : A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industryoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2019
Practical Steps To Advance Cybersecurity in Canada’s Financial Sectororiginal ↗
5 Mar 2019

2018

Accountability and the Canadian Government’s Reporting of Computer Vulnerabilities and Exploitsoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2018
Government Surveillance Accountability: The Failures of Contemporary Interception Reportsoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2018
Shining a Light on the Encryption Debate: A Canadian Field Guideoriginal ↗
15 May 2018
SIGINT Summaries Update: Covernames for CSE, GCHQ, and GCSBoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2018
New Report Shines Light On Limitations of Canadians’ Data Access Rightsoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2018

2017

Citizen Lab and CIPPIC Release Analysis of the Communications Security Establishment Actoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2017
In Support of Chelsea Manning Entering Canadaoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2017
Update to the SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2017
Horizontal Accountability and Signals Intelligence: Lesson Drawing from Annual Electronic Surveillance Reportsoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2017
Update to the SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2017
Update to the SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2017
The (In)effectiveness of Voluntarily Produced Transparency Reportsoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2017
Transparency in Surveillance: Role of various intermediaries in facilitating state surveillance transparencyoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2017
Computer network operations and ‘rule-with-law’ in Australiaoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2017
Curated Canadian IMSI Catcher Resourcesoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2017

2016

Pleading the Case: How the RCMP Fails to Justify Calls for New Investigatory Powersoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2016
Dissecting CSIS’ Statement Concerning Indefinite Metadata Retentionoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2016
Canada’s National Security Consultation: Digital Anonymity & Subscriber Identification Revisited… Yet Againoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2016
IMSI Catcher Report Calls for Transparency, Proportionality, and Minimization Policiesoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2016
Every Step You Fake: A Comparative Analysis of Fitness Tracker Privacy and Securityoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2016
Public Submission on IMSI Catchersoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2016
The Limits of Tower Dump Privacy Protections in Canadaoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2016
Why We Need to Reevaluate How We Share Intelligence Data With Alliesoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2016

2015

More Surveillance Powers Won’t Prevent Intelligence Failuresoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2015
Regarding Vidéotron’s Practices Related to its Mobile Wireless Unlimited Music Serviceoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2015
Beyond ATIP: New Methods for Researching State Surveillance Practicesoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2015
Stuck on the Agenda: Drawing Lessons from the Stagnation of “Lawful Access” Legislation in Canadaoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2015
Beyond Privacy: Articulating the Broader Harms of Pervasive Mass Surveillanceoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2015
Half-Baked: The Opportunity To Secure Cookie-Based Identifiers From Passive Surveillanceoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2015
Canada’s Quiet History Of Weakening Communications Encryptionoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2015
Canadian Transparency Publicationsoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2015
Industry Canada Transparency Report Guidelines Intensely Problematicoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2015
Canadian Police Requests for Telecommunications Dataoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2015
Does Mexico’s Transparency Report Promote Accountability?original ↗
1 Jul 2015
‘Defending the Core’ of the Network: Canadian vs. American Approachesoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2015
The Governance of Telecommunications Surveillanceoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2015
New Update to the SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2015
Five New Additions to the SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2015
Six New Additions to the SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2015
New Additions to the Canadian SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2015
Draft: Do Transparency Reports Matter for Public Policy?original ↗
6 Jan 2015

2014

The Canadian SIGINT Summariesoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2014
Review of Desk.PM’s Publishing App (v. 1.0)original ↗
26 Nov 2014
CSIS’s New Powers Demand New Accountability Mechanismsoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2014
Advancing Encryption for the Massesoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2014
Microsoft’s OneDrive Storage Expands NSA Surveillanceoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2014
It’s Time for BlackBerry to Come Cleanoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2014
A Crisis of Accountability — The Canadian Situationoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2014
Canadian Cyberbullying Legislation Threatens to Further Legitimize Malware Salesoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2014
Responding the the Crisis in Canadian Telecommunicationsoriginal ↗
1 May 2014
Accountability and Government Surveillanceoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2014
Practical Steps Towards Telecommunications Transparencyoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2014
The Murky State of Canadian Telecommunications Surveillanceoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2014
More Voices Call for Transparency in Canadian Telecommunicationsoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2014
Towards Transparency in Canadian Telecommunicationsoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2014

2013

The Oddities of CBC’s Snowden Redactionsoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2013
A National ID Card By Stealth? The BC Services Card – Privacy Risks, Opportunities & Alternativesoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2013
The Politics of Deep Packet Inspection: What Drives Surveillance by Internet Service Providers?original ↗
6 Nov 2013
AT&T’s Anti-Infringement Patentoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2013
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