Nothing to hide

This week we sit with Hieu to discuss his latest research. Tune in to know more! nothingtohide.online

To address problem, @levanhieu recently proposed AutoFR, a reinforcement learning framework that fully automates the process of filter rule creation!

To this day, ad blocking filter lists are mostly manually curated by dedicated ad blocking community members. Filter lists authors do an applaudable job at generating filter lists but this process is laborious and does not scale well to a large number of sites or over time.

This week we find out more about this space in our discussion with @KentrellOwens, who recently authored a paper on this topic! Tune in to know more! nothingtohide.online

These apps include numerous online tracking services and their network traffic potentially leaks user information. User describe them as invasive and dysfunctional!

Electronic monitoring smartphone apps are increasingly being deployed to monitor people on probation, parole, release from pretrial/immigrant/juvenile detention, etc.

This week in a special episode with @atmarkopoulou , @zubair_shafiq , @proffnes , and @nlaout from @proper_data Frontier Project, we unpack the current state of user privacy on the internet and explore the path forward! Tune in to listen: nothingtohide.online

@__nyoshi__ addressed this problem in their recent work, called Viceroy (published @NDSSSymposium )! Tune in to know more! nothingtohide.online

This is straightforward for users with active accounts, since they can use standard (e.g., password-based) means of authentication to validate their requests. However, a major conundrum arises from the need to support users without accounts!

Recent data protection regulations (GDPR/CCPA) grant users various rights, including the right to access, modify or delete any information collected about them. To exercise these rights, one must submit a verifiable request proving that the collected data indeed pertains to them

The podcast is organized by @umaarr6 @levanhieu @johannagunawan @mharoon_ @devrishler and associated with the @proper_data center. You can find more about us and the podcast at nothingtohide.online

We meet with researchers every week and casually discuss their research on privacy issues. We have already launched 2 episodes! Head over to Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/4fZd2pxBw…) or Apple Podcast (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not…) or Google Podcast (podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L…) to listen!

We are very excited to launch Nothing to hide? A data privacy podcast! nothingtohide.online