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Thanks Steve Lohr Jessica Rosenworcel for announcement and reporting on returnning #netneutrality nytimes.com/2023/09/26/tec… only the assertion that blocking, throttling and paid prioritization are not a problem is contradicted by good work & research from David Choffnes & Measurement Lab

Excited to share that Wehe data is now being loaded into BigQuery at M-Lab! Check out the M-Lab community call next Thursday to learn more! measurementlab.net/blog/wehe-bigq… Measurement Lab David Choffnes

We are excited to be launching a new monthly "ProperData Seminar Series: Privacy Frontiers". Check it out: properdata.eng.uci.edu/events/properd…

Today the FCC will be voting on the Open Internet NPRM, which is an important step in restoring regulations that promote net neutrality. To learn more about my research on this topic, and how net neutrality violations are harmful, check out my talk here: youtu.be/fHDsBKle1lQ?fe…

The FCC today voted to launch a new proceeding on restoring #OpenInternet protections for consumers and businesses. fcc.gov/document/fcc-s… #NetNeutrality

📢Excited to share our paper “Tracking, Profiling, and Ad Targeting in the Alexa Echo Smart Speaker Ecosystem” accepted at IMC 2023 w/ Pouneh Bahrami Rahmadi CUI Hao Dr. Alex Gamero-Garrido 🇻🇪🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 Daniel J. Dubois 🇮🇹 David Choffnes Athina Markopoulou Franzi Roesner Zubair Shafiq (ProperData Frontier)

The paper will be presented this Thursday at IMC 2023 by Pouneh Bahrami . Dr. Alex Gamero-Garrido 🇻🇪🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 Daniel J. Dubois 🇮🇹 David Choffnes Zubair Shafiq will also be available for discussion at the conference (I unfortunately won’t be able to attend due to visa issues but happy to take questions virtually!)

What an amazing group of collaborators, and incredible hard work by Umar et al! Wouldn’t have happened without our ProperData Frontier project and the NSF funding that enabled it!

🎊 We're incredibly honored to receive🌟The Best Paper Award🌟at IMC 2023!!! It's truly a testament to the hard work, dedication, and collaboration of our amazing team.   I'll be presenting our work this Thursday (26th). If you're around, please stop by and join the discussion.

Nominate yourself to be on Association for Computing Machinery Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2024 program committee! I am co-chairing it with Cristel Pelsser and we are looking to form a larger PC than normal. Help spread the word; even newcomers and junior folks! forms.gle/AEsmZQgJk3xc6w…

Join us this Friday, Nov. 3rd as Franzi Roesner presents “Security, Privacy, and Safety for AR/VR: The Next 10 Years”, the second in our Privacy Frontiers seminar series. Zoom registration required and available on our page: properdata.eng.uci.edu/events/properd…

“When we think of what happens between the walls of our homes, we think of it as a trusted, private place. In reality, we find that smart devices in our homes are piercing that veil of trust and #privacy." David Choffnes #PrivacyIsDead #DataPrivacy studyfinds.org/smart-homes-se…

Smart devices that require wi-fi are finding themselves in more and more homes every year. Dave Choffnes, an associate professor at Khoury College, has one important question: are we putting ourselves at risk? Read more from Northeastern Global News here: bit.ly/3tUzdgh

Thank you to those who attended Kashmir Hill's Fireside Chat last Friday! Here are some of her words from her talk with Dave Choffnes and Dean Beth: "It can be hard to get people to care about privacy as a value, and many people don’t appreciate it until it’s harmed in some way."

For several years, Kashmir Hill investigated a facial recognition tool powerful enough to compromise the privacy of untold millions. Last week, she joined Beth Mynatt and David Choffnes to share her findings. Read more here: bit.ly/47cmnbm Beth Mynatt, David Choffnes, Kashmir Hill

My team is looking for a research engineer to help us build an automated IoT lab to support cybersecurity research in the community. To learn more about it and apply, check out this listing: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Bo…

Congrats to Umar Iqbal and the ProperData Frontier team (Zubair Shafiq, David Choffnes, ++). Happy to see our work on auditing smart speakers recognized at PETS #pets2024 as Runner-Up for the Caspar-Bowden PET Award. The paper had quite a ride so far: properdata.eng.uci.edu/2023/10/24/sma….

If you're worried about what kind of data your car is gathering about you (as Kashmir Hill reported about GM) and have a late model car, please consider signing up for my colleagues' study about this. Eligibility screening and online consent form: neu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ee…