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The Medium is the Message: How Secure Messaging Apps Leak Sensitive Data to Push Notification Services
Nikita Samarin, Alex Sanchez, Trinity Chung +5
Like most modern software, secure messaging apps rely on third-party components to implement important app functionality. Although this practice reduces engineering costs, it also…
Lessons in VCR Repair: Compliance of Android App Developers with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Nikita Samarin, Shayna Kothari, Zaina Siyed +7
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides California residents with a range of enhanced privacy protections and rights. Our research investigated the extent to which Andr…
Examining the Landscape of Digital Safety and Privacy Assistance for Black Communities
Nikita Samarin, Aparna Krishnan, Moses Namara +2
Recent events have placed a renewed focus on the issue of racial justice in the United States and other countries. One dimension of this issue that has received considerable attent…
Surveying Vulnerable Populations: A Case Study of Civil Society Organizations
Nikita Samarin, Alisa Frik, Sean Brooks +2
Compared to organizations in other sectors, civil society organizations (CSOs) are particularly vulnerable to security and privacy threats, as they lack adequate resources and expe…
A Key to Your Heart: Biometric Authentication Based on ECG Signals
Nikita Samarin, Donald Sannella
In recent years, there has been a shift of interest towards the field of biometric authentication, which proves the identity of the user using their biological characteristics. We…
PILOT: Password and PIN Information Leakage from Obfuscated Typing Videos
Kiran Balagani, Matteo Cardaioli, Mauro Conti +10
This paper studies leakage of user passwords and PINs based on observations of typing feedback on screens or from projectors in the form of masked characters that indicate keystrok…