Cookies: Tech Security & Privacy

Episodes

1. 8

   Those Pesky Privacy Policies: Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University

   Does anyone actually read privacy policies? What's in them, and why can't we usually understand them? On our second season finale, we’ll talk with Professor Lorrie Cranor, director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory at Carnegie-Mellon University. The lab brings together more than...

   Nov 23, 2021

   26m
2. 7

   When It’s Best to Let A.I. Go Unused: Annette Zimmermann, Harvard University and University of York

   Annette Zimmermann makes the provocative argument that there are times it might be better to take cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools and leave them unused. Annette is a political philosopher working on the ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. She’s a technology and…

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   Nov 17, 2021

   48m
3. 6

   How to Fend Off a SIM-card Attack on Your Cell Phone: Kevin Lee, Princeton University

   Kevin Lee recently co-wrote a fascinating study about how easy it is for an attacker to gain control of another person’s cell phone. From there, the attacker can use the phone’s multi-factor authentication tool – usually a security code provided over a text message -- to do all kinds of damage,...

   Nov 9, 2021

   33m
4. 5

   The Security Flaws of Online Learning: Mihir Kshirsagar, Princeton University

   Are online learning platforms really secure? Mihir Kshirsagar co-wrote a paper that spells out in startling detail everything you’ve wondered about -- but didn’t want to know -- about how online platforms are allowing students to have their personal data exploited as the students use them for...

   Nov 3, 2021

   33m
5. 4

   A few easy tips to up your privacy game: David Sherry, Princeton University

   How can you can improve your privacy in your everyday use of web browsers, email, text messaging and other apps? Our guest is David Sherry, the chief information security officer here at Princeton. He’s responsible for shoring up security at this Ivy League campus of more than 15,000 people. He…

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   Oct 26, 2021

   37m
6. 3

   How Search Engines Show Their Bias: Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Princeton University, and Arwa Michelle Mboya, MIT

   Today’s guests have written a study about the Google Search engine, and the subtle – and not-so-subtle – ways in which it shows its bias, and in many ways perpetuates tired old stereotypes. Orestis Papakyriakopoulos is a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton’s Center for Information...

   Oct 20, 2021

   39m
7. 2

   Tech Consumers Should Demand Better Security: Ruby Lee, Princeton Uni

   As a chief computer architect at Hewlett-Packard in the 1980s, Ruby Lee was a leader in changing the way computers are built, simplifying their core instructions so they could do more. And she revolutionized the way computers use multimedia. If you’ve watched a video or streamed music on your...

   Oct 12, 2021

   49m
8. 1

   Barton Gellman Deletes His Account

   To kick off our second season, we’re honored to welcome Barton Gellman, Princeton Class of 1982. Bart has won multiple Pulitzer Prizes, including for his groundbreaking work with The Washington Post in 2013 to reveal widespread surveillance by the National Security Agency. The stories showed that...

   Oct 6, 2021

   52m