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Technology policy sits at the intersection of law, technology, and politics. This post describes ways of entering the field, developing relevant skills, and building a sustainable career.
Prof. Abdollah (Omid) Payrow Shabani is responsible for much of my career and the unfolding of my life. We met in 2004 when he taught me my first political philosophy course, which focused on Kant’s political writings. I took a significant number of courses with him, and Omid was both my honour’s thesis advisor and Continue reading In Memory of Dr. Omid Payrow Shabani
The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) tabled its annual report on October 30, 2023. NSIRA is responsible for conducting national security reviews of Canadian federal agencies, and its annual report summarises activities that have been undertaken in 2022. The report also discusses new policies and capacities concerning its review activities. In this post, Continue reading…
Last week, I published a report with Gary Miller and the Citizen Lab entitled, Finding You: The Network Effect of Telecommunications Vulnerabilities for Location Disclosure. I undertook this research while still employed by the Citizen Lab and was delighted to see it available to the public. In it, we discuss how the configuration and vulnerabilities Continue reading Finding You: The Network…
On July 19, 2023 the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) released its annual report. The report continues the committee’s work of providing transparency around a number of the national security activities which are undertaken by the Government of Canada. This report assumes heightened importance because NSICOP’s authorizing legislation is now expected to…
Dan Lomas’ recent RUSI essay, “The Death of Secret Intelligence? Think Again,” is a good and fair assessment of the value of secret intelligence and open source intelligence. Lomas clearly and forcefully explains the real benefits of secret intelligence for a subset of policymakers and decision makers. You should read it. To truly take advantage Continue reading The Utility of Secret Intelligence…
My personal career is significantly defined by the feminist philosophy classes that I took as an undergraduate and graduate student. That education taught me essential critiques about scientific objectivity and the standpoints of knowledge creators, offered broader critical thinking skills, and revealed how power structures have historically been architected to silence or appropriate women’s…
The G7 Communique which was issued on May 20 included discussions of AI technology and governance. While comments are high-level they are worth paying attention to since they may indicate where ongoing strategic pressure will be placed when developing AI policies. The G7 s end goals around AI are to ensure that trustworthy AI is developed Continue reading The G7 Communique and Artificial…
In 2013, journalists began revealing secrets associated with members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance. These secrets were disclosed by Edward Snowden, a US intelligence contractor. The journalists who published about the documents did so after carefully assessing their content and removing information that was identified as unduly injurious to national security interests or Continue…
Over the past several months I ve updated a number of the resources on this website and it s time to make it a little more apparent to other scholars, experts, and members of the public. ATIP Repository As part of my day job at the Citizen Lab I ve regularly relied on access to information legislation to Continue reading Website Resource Updates