There is no doubt that the European Union’s GDPR has changed the cyber regulation landscape forever. As onlookers from non-EU countries urge their governments and regulators to adopt similar legislation, countries are rapidly adopting their own sweeping data protection and cyber legislation, much of which is below the standards required to genuinely protect the rights of their citizens.  

Juliana Harsianti is an independent researcher and journalist working at the intersection of digital technology and social impact.

Adriana is a journalist and author. The focus of her PhD in Political Science (2020) investigated the Internet Governance Forum as an empirical informed debate to address the political theory regarding the distinction of public and private spheres. She has also worked as a digital culture coordinator for the Ministry of Culture of Brazil and looks forward to writing more in the near future.

Charles Mok is an internet entrepreneur and IT advocate. He was formerly a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and founded the Hong Kong chapter of the Internet Society. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Global Digital Policy Incubator at Stanford University. 

Amber is a Senior Fellow-Trustworthy AI at Mozilla Foundation studying models for algorithmic transparency. He works at the intersection of law, technology and society.

By Baurzhan Rakhmetov, PhD, Assistant Professor of International School of Economics, KAZGUU University, Astana, Kazakhstan

Lucía León is Public Policy Coordinator at Hiperderecho, a Peruvian civil society organization working on digital rights and liberties. Lucía’s work is focused on monitoring emerging public policies that aim to regulate our digital lives. 

Jamael Jacob is a lawyer and privacy practitioner wearing many hats including: data protection officer of a private university, policy and legal advisor of a non-profit, and data protection consultant. He is also the former (and first-ever) head of the policy unit of the country’s data protection authority. 

The recent Twilio hack raises important questions about the vulnerability SMS-based verifications – where users receive an SMS with special code to verify or confirm that they have access to a mobile number used to register to a service. In OPTF’s latest Framed newsletter, we explore the Twilio hack and the vulnerability of using SMS to authenticate users.

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