Tara Whalen

Technologist, researcher, & academic. Interested in privacy, technology & society, computer & information security, usability, policy, philosophy, & long lists.

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

Dear All: I am utterly uninterested in your "insights" about technology + society issues if you never gave a moment's thought to social justice until it involved computers.

[Nick Sullivan @grittygrease]

There's more: we came up with a new zero-knowledge algorithm to make it more private. Now a user can prove ownership of any FIDO-certified key without revealing its make and model. @WatsonLadd @armfazh @thibmeu

Blog:
https://t.co/yZSnCuELOW

Github:
https://t.co/4uinLmjNKG

[Nick Sullivan @grittygrease]

You asked, we listened. @Cloudflare's webauthn-based CAPTCHA alternative now support biometrics, including TouchID/FaceID, Android Biometric Auth and Windows Hello.

Blog post by @whywevans and @drtarabyte.
https://t.co/jtr4iLMTB7

[Nick Sullivan @grittygrease]

This has been really fun to work on.
@Cloudflare is now trialing a way to solve CAPTCHAs with a press of a FIDO2 security key (like a Yubikey). https://t.co/xWxXzACXny

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

@claucece @DrWhax Parabéns!

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

@CormacHerley @nikitab @AndrewDGordon Glad to help set the record straight! The quote is worth reading in context: "That is not our fault; and in fact it is extremely good news, and we should not be disappointed or despair, but rather rejoice and look around for other applications of our hard-won understanding..."

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

@CormacHerley @nikitab @AndrewDGordon That quote is in the Conclusion (p. 55) of Hoare's paper as published in Recent Trends in Data Type Specification, LNCS 1130, p. 49-57, Sept 1995 (Eds: Haveraaen, Owe & Dahl)

[SedaG @sedyst]

I applied thinking I'll never get it & here I am working @tudelft @tudelftTBM
Delft Tech fellowship is a great opportunity for women in STEM, junior, senior, disciplined or undisciplined, to unfold their work in these turbulent times.
Please spread the word, also to the shy ones

[Wouter Lueks @WouterLueks]

The deadline for WPES 2020 is on July 23 (in less than 3 weeks). Do submit all your great privacy-related papers! As usual, WPES will be colocated with @acm_ccs.

CFP: https://t.co/GcXbgBYDUc

[ACM SIGACT @sigact]

Congratulations Cynthia Dwork, winner of the 2020 Knuth Prize for her sustained record of contributions to theoretical computer science over the past four decades. https://t.co/0B7PjtBnfO

[Fordham Law @FordhamLawNYC]

Fordham Law mourns the loss of Professor Joel Reidenberg, a pioneer in the legal academy on internet privacy and cybersecurity. Dean @mattdiller remembers Reidenberg as a "great cheerleader—taking pleasure in helping others to develop and thrive."
https://t.co/cmaxUPYj1g

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

@luke_stark @westernuFIMS @WesternU @MSFTResearch Hooray! Congratulations, Luke!

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

@FrankPasquale @brooklynlaw Congratulations, Frank, and welcome to Brooklyn!

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

@marabou Ah, la mecsplication.

[UW RHET @UWRHET]

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Tracy Whalen who has been named by The Uniter (@TheUniter) readers as one of the top Profs at UofW (@uwinnipeg), along with @alybrickey and @bronwyn_dl. Well deserved all around!! @UWFacultyofArts @UofWEnglish @CrimJusticeWpg

[Matthew Green @matthew_d_green]

“How long should we expect the transition process from today’s crypto to post-quantum crypto to take, given that we still can’t get rid of MD5.”

[Tara Whalen @drtarabyte]

Deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Ian Kerr (@ianrkerr). I was blessed to have him as my LL.M. advisor, where I learned from his brilliance and benefitted from his deep kindness and unwavering support. He was a scholar and a mensch, and I will miss him fiercely.

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

It is with enormous grief and sadness that I pass along word that my dear friend, colleague, and giant of the tech law profession, Ian Kerr (@ianrkerr) passed away last night after a battle with cancer. In Memoriam:
https://t.co/oOzbfFj6gV

[USENIX Security @USENIXSecurity]

Congratulations to the #usesec19 Test of Time Award winner: "A Secure Environment for Untrusted Helper Applications (Confining the Wily Hacker)" from USENIX Security '96! Authors: I. Goldberg, D. Wagner, R. Thomas, E. Brewer. Read the paper: https://t.co/SJzs03mVkP

[CrySP @UWaterloo @UWCrySP]

Congratulations to @WaterlooMath Prof. Ian Goldberg for being named @CRC_CRC Canada Research Chair in Privacy Enhancing Technologies!

https://t.co/jMpw1McmfW