3 papers
cs.CR2025
Security and Privacy Analysis of Tile's Location Tracking Protocol
Akshaya Kumar, Anna Raymaker, Michael Specter
We conduct the first comprehensive security analysis of Tile, the second most popular crowd-sourced location-tracking service behind Apple's AirTags. We identify several exploitabl…
cs.CR2025
Fingerprinting SDKs for Mobile Apps and Where to Find Them: Understanding the Market for Device Fingerprinting
Michael A. Specter, Mihai Christodorescu, Abbie Farr +7
This paper presents a large-scale analysis of fingerprinting-like behavior in the mobile application ecosystem. We take a market-based approach, focusing on third-party tracking as…
cs.CR2025
Cryptographic Verifiability for Voter Registration Systems
Andrés Fábrega, Jack Cable, Michael A. Specter +1
Voter registration systems are a critical - and surprisingly understudied - element of most high-stakes elections. Despite a history of targeting by adversaries, relatively little…