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RESET

Ronald J. Deibert

Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society

A CBC Massey Lecture.

In RESET: RECLAIMING THE INTERNET FOR CIVIL SOCIETY bestselling author and acclaimed technology and security expert Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet and social media on politics, the economy, the environment, and humanity. In his new ground-breaking book, Diebert draws on Citizen Lab's cutting-edge research to expose the impacts of our communications ecosystem on civil society. Digital technologies have given rise to a new machine-based civilization that is increasingly linked to a growing number of social and political maladies. Accountability is weak and insecurity is endemic, creating disturbing opportunities for exploitation.?

Diebert is the founder and director of the world-renowned digital research and security group Citizen Lab, which won the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions in 2014 and outputs research that is routinely covered in major global media. Over the last decade more than two dozen of its reports received exclusive front-page coverage in the New York Times, the Washington Post and more, most notably, its widely-covered 2018 report which exposed how Saudi espionage targeted the inner circle of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Book Published 2020-09-01 by House of Anansi Press

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Reset is the definitive narrative of where we went wrong and a last chance to make things right. -- Edward Snowden

No one has done more than Ron Deibert and his lab to expose the enemies of the internet shadowy companies whose sole business is to make it unsafe for all of us. No one is better placed to explain the intersection of law and technology that makes these abuses possible and how we can put an end to them. Reset is the definitive narrative of where we went wrong and a last chance to make things right. Edward Snowden

Winner of the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, 2021. Read more...

Ronald J. Deibert is a rare hybrid who combines an advanced understanding of computer technology with a rich background in political science. He is also already a legend in security and tech circles because of his work as the founder and director of Citizen Lab . . .In Reset, Deibert outlines with tremendous economy and verve, the major threats that face us as a consequence of our rapidly growing dependency on Internet technologies, AI, robotics, and, further down the line, machine-to-machine learning and quantum computing. The clarity of his writing enables Deibert to categorize each aspect of the threat on a profound level that will nonetheless be accessible to any reader . . . Covid-19 has made it clear that our globalized world faces fundamental challenges to the survival or our species, along with most others. If we listen to Ron Deibert, we are still in position to head off another of those threats. -- Misha Glenny, bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket

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Tech is at a crossroads between oppression and liberation and Ronald J. Deibert is our leading expert on the forces steering it in either direction. Reset is a road-map revealing the secret alleys and byways that brought us to this juncture, and revealing the ways ahead that we could navigate to a better future. -- Cory Doctorow, bestselling author of Radicalized and Walkaway One thing is for sure: your phone knows a lot more about you than you know about it. Ronald J. Deibert expertly cracks open our gadgets and electronics to reveal the who, what, and why behind our communications infrastructure. From digital espionage to big-data policing, Reset is a timely and critical look at how cutting-edge surveillance technologies are being weaponized against civil society. With the rise of authoritarianism around the world, Deibert's book is a must-read for all who want to ensure that dark power stays in check. -- Ziya Tong, science broadcaster and author of The Reality Bubble