A New Study Shows How Ad-Based Technology is Used for Surveillance

Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert recently spoke with NPR’s Rob Schmitz on All Things Considered about the Lab’s new investigation of Webloc, a geolocation surveillance system that uses ad-based data to monitor people across the globe. Deibert explains how the internet ecosystem has been designed around personal data surveillance–collecting information on users that is sold to advertisers. Webloc enables governments to gain access to this information to track individuals. Experts are concerned wi...