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Acadiana Advocate. Megan Wyatt. Want to watch porn in Louisiana? You'll need LA Wallet and that's raising privacy concerns 1/13/2023.
Chicago Tonight (WTTW, PBS). Associated Press / Evan Garcia. Facebook Rebrands as Meta to Emphasize 'Metaverse' Vision 11/3/2021.
Chicago Tonight (WTTW, PBS). Evan Garcia. Internet Cookies May Boost Online Experience But Raise Privacy Concerns 5/4/2021.
Chicago Tonight (WTTW, PBS). Dan Andries. Tech Giants' Plan to Track COVID-19 Raises Privacy Concerns 4/23/2020.
Chicago Tonight (WTTW, PBS). Evan Garcia. What Some Companies Are Doing with Your 'Secret' Consumer Score 11/5/2019.
Chicago Tonight (WTTW, PBS). Paul Caine. Capital One Data Breach Leaves Millions Vulnerable 7/31/2019.
Chicago Tonight (WTTW, PBS). Nicole Cardos. 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Against Data Breaches 12/17/2018.
MarketWatch. Nicole Lyn Pesce. Kanye West, the Pentagon and Nutella made some of the worst password mistakes this year 12/12/2018.
Slate. Justin Peters. Should This Thing Be Smart? Microwave Edition 11/26/2018.
UChicago Magazine. Maureen Searcy. Data mind: Computer scientists Heather Zheng, Ben Zhao, and Blase Ur mine data to study behavior and expose security flaws. 9/20/2018.
Chicago Tonight (WTTW, PBS). Evan Garcia. Illinois Politicians Grill Zuckerberg During Facebook Hearings 4/11/2018.
The Washington Post. Lorrie Cranor et al. You added '!' or '1' to your password, thinking this made it strong. Science says no. 09/08/2017.
The Conversation. Lorrie Cranor et al. Choose better passwords with the help of science 08/30/2017.
New Scientist. Aviva Rutkin. Privacy apps to help fight back against companies that track you 11/25/2015.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Rich Lord. Who's watching you surf the web? 06/14/2015.
Forbes. Joseph Steinberg. New Technology Cracks 'Strong' Passwords -- What You Need To Know. 04/21/2015.

Press coverage for "Why Aren't We Using Passkeys? Obstacles Companies Face Deploying FIDO2 Passwordless Authentication"

Wired. Matt Burgess. I Stopped Using Passwords. It's Great—and a Total Mess 2/8/2024.

Press coverage for "Rethinking Access Control and Authentication for the Home Internet of Things (IoT)"

Technology Networks. RUB. The House Rules for a Smart Home 10/25/2018.

Press coverage for "Exploring User Mental Models of End-to-End Encrypted Communication Tools"

CNET. Laura Hautala. Why you need a better handle on the WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram apps 08/14/2018.

Press coverage for "Your Secrets Are Safe: How Browsers' Explanations Impact Misconceptions About Private Browsing Mode"

Consumer Reports. Nicholas Deleon. What Your Web Browser's Incognito Mode Really Does 06/19/2018. (Also on Yahoo News.)
Science News for Students. Maria Temming. Incognito browsing is not as private as most people think 06/06/2018.
Unocero. Manuel López Michelone. ¿Qué tan realmente privada es tu 'navegación privada'? 05/06/2018. (In Spanish.)
IFL Science!. Aliyah Kovner. If You Use Your Web Browser's Incognito Mode We've Got Bad News 04/26/2018.
Indy 100 from the Independent (UK). Jake Hall. Turns out 'Incognito mode' is not as incognito as you might think 04/25/2018.
Metro (UK). Rob Waugh. You're completely wrong about what 'Incognito mode' does when you're watching porn 04/25/2018.
Mental Floss. Shaunacy Ferro. Why Browsing in Incognito Mode Isn’t as Private as You Think 04/25/2018.
Science News. Maria Temming. Private web browsing doesn't mean no one is watching 04/24/2018.
The Register (UK). Shaun Nichols. Oh dear... Netizens think 'private' browsing really means totally private 04/24/2018.

Press coverage for "Design and Evaluation of a Data-Driven Password Meter"

Tech Republic. Michael Kassner. How to create stronger passwords by using data-driven feedback 05/18/2017.
Network World. Patrick Nelson. Artificial intelligence tool fixes password weakness 05/10/2017.
Developpez.com. Stéphane le calme. Des chercheurs proposent en open source un outil pour mesurer la sécurité des MdP 05/10/2017. (In French.)
SD Times. Christina Cardoza and Madison Moore. Researchers deliver new password solution 05/09/2017.
International Business Times. Jason Murdock. How to create a strong password: This online 'password meter' tool can help you fend off hackers 05/09/2017.
UChicago News. Daniel Tkacik. Research utilizes data-driven feedback to help users strengthen passwords 05/09/2017.

Press coverage for "Do Users' Perceptions of Password Security Match Reality?"

Financial Times. Lisa Pollack, Martin Stabe and David Blood. Quiz: Which password is more secure? 10/11/2016.
Naked Security by Sophos. Bill Camarda. Can you spot a strong password? 06/07/2016.
Security Magazine. Staff. Users' Perceptions of Password Security Don't Always Match Reality 06/05/2016.
Slashdot. Posted by EditorDavid. Ask Slashdot: How Do You Create A Highly-Secure Password? 06/05/2016.
Mako. Yair Mor. הסיסמאות שלכם קלות מדי - והחברות מנסות לעזור.
05/25/2016. (In Hebrew)
The Register (UK). Richard Chirgwin. Want a better password? Pretend you eat kale. We won't tell anyone 05/24/2016.
SecurityLab.Ru. Staff. Только 4% пользователей знают, каким должен быть надежный пароль 05/24/2016. (In Russian)
Talouselämä. Sampo Kyyrö. Salasanat testissä - Kuinka kävi näille turvallisimpina pidetyille? 05/17/2016. (In Finnish)
iGuru. Giorgos. Security Risk: Η αντίληψη του ασφαλούς κωδικού πρόσβασης 05/14/2016. (In Greek)
Vice Motherboard. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai. People Understand How to Make Good Passwords, But Still Don't 05/13/2016.
Nature. M. Mitchell Waldrop. How to hack the hackers: The human side of cybercrime 05/11/2016. This feature includes The Password Game based on our work.)
CMU School of Computer Science News. Daniel Tkacik. Users' Perceptions of Password Security Do Not Always Match Reality 05/11/2016.

Press coverage for "A Spoonful of Sugar..."

Government Technology. Rich Lord. Are Biometrics the Future of Data Security? 05/13/2015.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Rich Lord. This pa$$w0rd is not very secure: CMU studies reveal best and worst in passwords 05/04/2015.

Press coverage for "Practical Trigger-Action Programming in Smart Homes"

Dispatch Tribunal. Dispatch Tribunal Staff. People don't mind compromising on privacy in smart home technologies (A rather unfortunate title that relates to other people's work also covered in the article and that is the opposite of what I've found!) 04/10/2016.
Science Daily. Staff. Smart home programming: Easy as 'if this, then that'. 04/28/2014.
Times of India. Finding a way to deal with 'smart' homes. 04/29/2014.
Phys.Org. Kevin Stacey. Programming the smart home: 'If this, then that'. 04/29/2014.
Gadgets 360. Indo-Asian News Service. New method to help smart home owners communicate with their devices. 04/29/2014.

Press coverage for "The Current State of Access Control for Smart Devices in Homes"

Communications of the ACM / ACM News. Are Smart Homes Intelligent Enough To Keep Out Hackers? 03/25/2014.
Tech Xplore. Nancy Owano. Connected devices in smart homes have control issues. 04/03/2014.

Press coverage for "Measuring Password Guessability for an Entire University"

Ars Technica. Dan Goodin. It’s official: Computer scientists pick stronger passwords. 11/8/2013.

Press coverage for "Are They Actually Any Different? Comparing Thousands of Financial Institutions' Privacy Practices"

USA Today. Peter Dunn. Bank privacy notices are a joke: Here's why. 08/31/2015.
Forbes. Adam Tanner. What Chase And Other Banks Won't Tell You About Selling Your Data. 10/17/2013.

Press coverage for "{Privacy, Privacidad, Приватност} Policies in Social Media: Providing Translated Privacy Notice"

MIT Technology Review Blog. David Talbot. Let's Talk About Privacy (but Not in Russian or Hindi). 04/04/2012.

Press coverage for "Why Johnny Can't Opt Out: A Usability Evaluation of Tools to Limit Online Behavioral Advertising"

New York Times. Steve Lohr. The Default Choice, So Hard to Resist. 10/15/2011.
USA Today. Byron Acohido. Consumers turn to do-not-track software to maintain privacy. 12/29/2011.
Wall Street Journal Blog. Tom Loftus. Study: Usability Issues Plague Tools that Limit Online Behavioral Advertising. 10/31/2011.
PC World. Peter Sayer. Yahoo Says It Will Implement Do-not-track Worldwide Later This Year. 03/29/2012.
ZDNet. Andrew Nusca. The million-dollar question: opt in, or opt out? 10/17/2011.
Consumer Reports. Paul Eng. Report: Net privacy tools are confusing and ineffective. 10/31/2011.
EFF. Rainey Reitman. The DAA's Self-Regulatory Principles Fall Far Short of Do Not Track. 11/14/2011.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Deborah M. Todd. As more advertisers monitor every click of your mouse, should someone monitor the monitoring? 11/21/2011.
Tech Republic Blog. Michael Kassner. Behavioral marketing: Why Johnny can't opt-out. 11/21/2011.
ReadWriteWeb. Scott M. Fulton. Draft W3C Standard Looks More Like "Please, Do Not Track". 11/18/2011.
ThreatPost, The Kaspersky Lab Security News Service. Paul Roberts. Study Finds Online Privacy Tools Fail to Protect Users. 11/7/2011.
Knowledge@Wharton. 'Drinking from a Fire Hose': Has Consumer Data Mining Gone Too Far? 11/22/2011.
SC Magazine. Angela Moscaritolo. Internet privacy tools too confusing for most users. 11/03/2011.
MediaPost. Wendy Davis. Consumers Don't Understand Opt-Out Tools. 10/31/2011.
Carnegie Mellon University Homepage. Opting Out. Fall 2011.
(Magyarul is! Tök jó!) WebRagacs.hu. Alapértelmezett választás, nehéz ellenállni. 10/23/2011. (In Hungarian).
The Register. John Leyden. Boffins: Punters can't get a grip on online privacy tools. 11/8/2011. (In the Queen's English).
Futurezone.at. Do-Not-Track-Funktionen nur schwer nutzbar. 01/11/2011. (In the Austrian flavor of German).
Golem.de. Werner Pluta. Schutz der Privatsphäre fällt Nutzern schwer. 01/11/2011. (In the German flavor of German).

Public policy mentions and citations of "Why Johnny Can't Opt Out: A Usability Evaluation of Tools to Limit Online Behavioral Advertising"

Federal Trade Commission. Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Businesses and Policymakers. FTC Report. March 2012.
Federal Trade Commission. Dissenting Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch. Issuance of Federal Trade Commission Report: Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Businesses and Policymakers. 03/26/2012.
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. Testimony of Alessandro Acquisti: Understanding Consumer Attitudes About Privacy. 10/13/2011.

Press coverage of Scratchable Devices project

ReadWriteWeb. Rutgers University Project Uses Scratch to Make Household Appliances Easily Programmable. 1/6/2011.
ACM Tech News. Program makes gadget control user-friendly. 12/20/2010.
The Daily Targum. Program makes gadget control user-friendly. 12/13/2010.
Rutgers University Homepage Feature. Demystifying Comp-Sci. 11/22/2010.