News | IXmaps

2019

August 6 — IXmaps submits Protecting Canadians Internet Communication from Boomerang Routing to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's Consultation on Transfers for Processing
June 21 — The House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) publishes its CYBERSECURITY IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR AS A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE report. Chapter 8, Data Security, is based heavily on IXmaps submission, and makes this recommendation (#9):
The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada explore ways to ensure all sensitive data moved within Canada has a domestically routed path, ensuring data packets are not exposed to foreign network infrastructure
June 13 — IXmaps receives funding from the Centre for Digital Rights (CDR) to update server and geo-location capabilities

2018

February 23, 2018 — IXmaps publishes summary of its third study of the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Service Providers, titled Keeping Internet Users in the Know of in the Dark. The infographics and full 2017 report can also be found on the Transparency page

2017

March 27, 2017 — IXmaps upgrade launch goes viral and reported on internationally, including by these media: Motherboard/Vice, Arstechnica, Wired UK, Reddit, FoxNews, Cryptome, International Business Times, Direction Informatique and InsideHook
March 1, 2017 — IXmaps mentioned in "Is your Internet data ending up in the NSA's hands?", David Christopher's Digital Freedom update on rabble.ca and mentioned in Common Ground
February 22, 2017 — IXmaps research on boomerang routing and network sovereign presented at OpenMedia's Mapping your Digital Footprint interactive documentary screening in Vancouver
January 30, 2017 — Ahmad Hathout's The Wire Report article "Trump raising concerns about Internet traffic passing U.S.: advocates" mentions IXmaps

2016

December 16, 2016 — iPolitics covers OpenMedia’s IXmaps launch, stating "One quarter of Canadian online traffic vulnerable to NSA sweeps"
December 15, 2016 — OpenMedia launches their "See where your data travels" platform and video
October 22, 2016 — "Mass state surveillance and global internet governance," based on IXmaps research, is presented at Global Perspectives China Practice: First International Collaborative Forum on Internet Governance, Beijing. You can read the subsequent paper
October 4, 2016 — "Challenging mass state surveillance with transparency, obfuscation and accountability," is presented at Dig.IT CRYPTO 2.0, IT University of Copenhagen
September 30, 2016 — "IXmaps.ca: Making mass internet surveillance visible," is presented at PROSA, Copenhagen
September 22, 2016 — IXmaps presentation on the Expert Panel on the Future of the Internet in Canada at Canadians Connected 2016, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's (CIRA) Symposium and AGM, Toronto
August 19, 2016 — Meghan Sali from OpenMedia.ca discusses the importance of the many issues that the IXmaps project addresses
June 9, 2016 — Press Release
IXmaps receives funding through CIRA’s Community Investment Program for project on "Opening the IXmaps internet mapping platform for collaborative development and use"
April 21, 2016 — Announcement of Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) funding for OpenMedia’s Cloud Atlas: A Citizen’s Guide to Online Privacy and Surveillance Using IXmaps project
December 11, 2015 through January 30, 2016 — IXmaps is being showcased at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery exhibition Little Sister (is watching you, too)

2015

December 17, 2015 — IXmaps receives press coverage following our launch with OpenMedia.ca. IXmaps made the front page on BoingBoing and was featured in The Register and MetroNews, among others
December 16, 2015 — Press Release
Launch of IXmaps.ca with OpenMedia.ca
June 26, 2015 — CIRA's blog post discusses the role of local peering in a national internet mentions the IXmaps project
March 27, 2015 — TechVibes highlights the importance of data privacy and transparency through a discussion of the recent Transparency report
March 12, 2015 — CBC covers IXmaps latest Privacy Transparency report in Internet carriers may be breaching Canadian privacy laws
March 12, 2015 — Press Release
The IXmaps project is proud to announce the release of the its 2014 report on the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Service Providers titled Keeping Internet Users in the Know of in the Dark
February 04, 2015 — Toronto Star profiles IXmaps as part of the newspaper's segment on privacy

2014

May 30, 2014 — Press Release
IXmaps receives funding through the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's (CIRA) Community Investment Program to further develop its on-line platform for visualizing the physical and organizational aspects of Canadian internet routing
April 01, 2014 — Computer Dealer News covers IXmaps and the transparency report Keeping Internet Users in the Know or in the Dark in a recent article
February 11, 2014 — Press Release
IXmaps endorses The Day We Fight Back: Mass Surveillance Must Stop

2013

August 30, 2013 — IXmaps research included on Harvard’s Nieman Lab "What's New in Digital Scholarship" 2013 list
June 07, 2013 — Nancy Paterson is interviewed, and IXmaps is mentioned, in New Scientist’s "Spy program shows just how well US knows its people"

2012

October 13, 2012 — IXmaps is involved in the Ontario Science Centre's Hot Zone
October 11, 2012 — Lee Rickwood discusses IXmaps at the Ontario Science Centre's 'Canadian Live Tech Demo'
September 12, 2012 — CIRA publishes "Towards Efficiencies in Canadian Internet Traffic Exchange" which discusses what IXmaps terms 'boomerang routing'
August 29, 2012 — Mediacaster mentions IXmaps and its members (archived) while covering CIRA's concerns with Canadian IXPs and boomerang traffic
July 31, 2012 — Lee Rickwood's Calgary Herald article (archived) focuses on IXmaps and boomerang routing
July 10, 2012 — Florence de Borja's thoughtful discussion of "How Are Canadians Affected By The USA Patriot Act And Cloud Computing?" emphasizes many issues that the IXmaps project has hoped to expose
July 3 2012 — IXmaps research is presented during the Surveillant Geographies session at the Royal Geographical Society's annual conference in Edinburgh
June 2012 — The IXmaps team is greatly saddened by the unexpected passing of our dear friend and colleague, Erik "Possum" Stewart. Erik was a talented and fiercely intelligent member of our team, who possessed a considerable breadth of knowledge and experience. He will be greatly missed
April 26, 2012 — Democracy Now!'s interview with Jacob Appelbaum references IXmaps
February 7, 2012 — IXmaps hosts a session at the 2012 iConference, held at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

2011

May 15, 2011 — IXmaps is presented at Cyber Surveillance in Everyday Life: An International Workshop at the University of Toronto
March 28, 2011 — Press Release
IXmaps debuts at Securing the Cyber Commons: A Global Dialogue, a cyber security forum held on Monday at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto