Professor Andrew Clement, IXmaps team lead, University of Toronto. “Much of this privacy risk is needless, as Canadians‘ data often unnecessarily travels to the U.S. before being routed back home for delivery. IXmaps enables individuals to map the routes their personal data takes across the internet, where along the way it may be subject to NSA surveillance and how their ISP measures up in protecting their privacy.”
Launch of IXmaps Internet Mapping tool enables Canadians to see exactly where their data travels online
Researchers estimate that at least 90% of Canadians’ Internet traffic travels via the U.S., where it is especially vulnerable to NSA surveillance
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