Aurore Fass @aurore-fass.bsky.social Tenured Researcher @Inria
USENIX Security Artifact Evaluation Co-Chair 2025 & 2026
Web Security & Privacy: JavaScript (in)security, browser extensions
https://aurore54f.github.io
Adam Bates (Yuile) @adambatesorg.bsky.social Associate Professor @ UIUC
Yael Eiger @yaeleiger.bsky.social PhD student in the Security and Privacy Lab at UW,
research on surveillance/prisons/technology
yaeleiger.github.io
sohyeon hwang @s0hw.bsky.social postdoc @princetoncitp.bsky.social
i study and support community-based models of governing technologies.
https://www.sohyeonhwang.com/
Jasmine Lu @xjasminelu.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Loyola University Chicago. she/her. ~Exploring alternative visions of the future with e-waste and computing~ https://jasminelu.site
Stephan Wiefling @swiefling.de 🔑 Usable Security (USec) & Authentication Research
💼 USec Consultant @ Vodafone | Adjunct Professor | Past: Meta
🎓 Dr.-Ing. (Ruhr University Bochum) | CISSP
🔗 stephanwiefling.de | Fediverse: social.swiefling.de/@swiefling
Views my own, not my employer’s.
Alisha Ukani @alishaukani.bsky.social Incoming postdoc at UW | making the web more private | UCSD PhD | she/her
Riana @riana.bsky.social Tech policy researcher at Stanford. Former litigator. Anger is an energy. Dum spiro spero. she/her
Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social Good in a crisis and at no other time
First initial last name at gmail dot com
Signal:@KathrynTewson.06
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Utah. Public policy, political institutions, media and politics
Wentao Guo @wentaoguo.bsky.social Postdoc at Tufts researching human-centered security and privacy for professionals. Excited to join the University of Georgia as a new assistant professor starting Fall 2027!
Also climate advocate, swimmer, and musician.
wentaoguo.com
Rawane @ra1issa.bsky.social I work in cryptography and privacy. Im currently at Galois, inc.
Allison McDonald @allismc.bsky.social Assistant Professor BU CDS. I study privacy -- tell me your weird tech stories! 📠📟💻
meira gilbert @meira-g.bsky.social meiragilb.github.io
PhD student studying privacy, surveillance, HCI
University of Washington Information School
she/her
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This account is run by @cantlonlab.bsky.social & @spiantado.bsky.social.
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Sauvik Das @sauvik.me I work on human-centered {security|privacy|computing}. Associate Professor (w/o tenure) at @hcii.cmu.edu. Director of the SPUD (Security, Privacy, Usability, and Design) Lab. Non-Resident Fellow @cendemtech.bsky.social- H Cori Faklaris (follow me @corifaklaris.com) @heycori.bsky.social I have claimed this username because I am known as "heycori" on other sites. Follow my main account here @corifaklaris.com
Lindah Kotut @kotut.bsky.social Bibliophile. Tea Snob. Assistant Professor at @uwischool.bsky.social. I collect stories, play with code, and dabble in HCI + Cybersecurity research.
Peter Mayer @securitycapybara.bsky.social Human-centred cybersecurity & privacy faculty at University of Southern Denmark
Jason Hong @jas0nh0ng.bsky.social Professor - Carnegie Mellon University - Human Computer Interaction
Ubiquitous Computing - Usable Privacy and Security - Responsible AI
Co-Founder - Wombat Security (acquired) - FuguUX
Laura Dabbish @dabbish.bsky.social Professor - HCI at Carnegie Mellon University
Kami Vaniea @kaniea.bsky.social Usable Security and Privacy researcher
Kyzyl Monteiro @kyzyl.me PhD Student @ CMU HCII
kyzyl.me
Eran Toch @eranto.bsky.social I invent new technologies and user experiences for privacy & human-AI interaction. Prof of Engineering at TAU.
Benjamin Berens @reaktanz.bsky.social Psychologist with phd in computer science conducting research in the area of cyber security and privacy
Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Former director of HCIL. Steering Committee Chair-Elect for CSCW. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com
Come for the academic expertise. Stay for the cookie content.
Daniel Zappala @zappala.bsky.social human-centered security research at BYU
Michelle Mazurek @mmazurek.bsky.social security, privacy, people
pointy-headed academic, phillies enjoyer
still tomorrow's gonna be another working day / just trying to get some rest
John Sohrawardi @nviable.bsky.social DeFake Project Lead | HCI, AI, Cybersecurity | Fighting #deepfakes | RIT
Bailey 🕸️🕷️🦇 @bkacsmar.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. Amii Fellow. Human-centered privacy enhanced data science e.g., ML, MPC, PSI, etc.
My group is PUPS, Practical Usable Privacy and Security
https://bkacsmar.github.io//
Nicolas Christin @nc2y.bsky.social Prof. at Carnegie Mellon University. Computer security, online crime, and assorted online seediness. Reformed(?) hacker. Economic migrant.
📍 Pittsburgh, PA, mostly
🕸️ https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc
@alexbardas.bsky.social @alexbardas.bsky.social
Irwin Reyes @irwinreyes.com Principal Research Engineer at Two Six Technologies
I do monkey business in the mobile+network privacy and security space
https://irwinreyes.com
Emiliano De Cristofaro @emilianodc.com Professor at UC Riverside, head of SPALab
Home: emilianodc.com
Ananta Soneji @anantasoneji.bsky.social PhD, Human Factors in Cybersecurity
Current: SEFCOM, ASU
Ex: MPI-SWS, Sage Bionetworks
Warda Usman @wardausman.bsky.social
@haojian.bsky.social @haojian.bsky.social
Mary Anne Smart @maryannesmart.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor
Purdue University
Zakir Durumeric @zakird.com Internet Security, Trust, and Safety Researcher. Stanford CS Faculty, Censys Founder and Chief Scientist, ZMap Creator. https://zakird.com/
Valerie O'Neill @minabird.bsky.social Thinking of upgrading to a CMP that respects citizen choices?
Get in touch at baycloud.com !
Independent European, security & privacy-first CMP
integrated cookie-free alternative to GA
co- founder with @mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
Mancunian, mum of 3
Martin Shelton @mshelton.bsky.social Security therapist. Deputy director of digital security @freedom.press.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mshelton
Digisec newsletter: https://freedom.press/newsletters
@primalwije.bsky.social @primalwije.bsky.social
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social HCI Assistant Professor at UMich researching accessibility, audio AI, sound interaction, XR, and health. Director, Soundability Lab. Previously, Google, Apple, Microsoft, UW, and MIT Media Lab.
https://dhruv-jain.com
Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. 💜 Philly, video games, and plants.
More at kendraalbert.com.
Troy Hunt @troyhunt.com Founder & CEO of @haveibeenpwned.com, the most trusted name in data breach intelligence. Speaker, blogger, Microsoft Regional Director. Gold Coast, Australia.
Per Thorsheim @thorsheim.bsky.social Founder of #PasswordsCon. Above average interested in passwords & digital authentication. Online since 2400baud. I made the world use RFC 3207 STARTTLS for email encryption.
Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham”
jihadology.net
jihadologyplus.com
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi.bsky.social Translator and historian working with a variety of languages (Arabic, English, Latin, Spanish, Old English, German among others).
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Gadiel @gadiel-boveloni.bsky.social Órfão do passarinho!
Adriana Porter Felt @apf.bsky.social I like writing silly skeets, but that doesn't pay so I also make Google Chrome. mamá, Eng Director, volunteer at Second Harvest. 🇺🇲🇨🇷
Twitter: @__apf__
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
x0rz @x0rz.bsky.social Cybersecurity & Threat Intelligence. Knowledge is power, France is bacon 🥓
Malware Unicorn @malwareunicorn.bsky.social @Straiker. Ex-Microsoft. Ex-Meta RedTeam, Ex-Endgame, Ex Fireeye. malwareunicorn.org
@charliewinter.bsky.social @charliewinter.bsky.social
Snowden St. @snowden.st A scholar with a slight flaw in my character. COan. Cannabis regulatory analyst, poorly-fit Lutheran, Constructive Postmodernist. Go Blue, Ski-U-Mah, Nuggets/ABA loyalist. always thinkin’ bout sports, religion, history, weed, and beans.
https://snowden.st
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Royce Williams @tychotithonus.bsky.social Just doing my undue diligence.
BACKUP ACCOUNT. Main: @tychotithonus@infosec.exchange
ISP vet, password cracker (Team Hashcat), security demi-boffin, YubiKey stan, public-interest technologist, AK license plate geek.
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Jan Böhmermann 🤨 @janboehm.bsky.social 🇪🇺 // JOIN ME ON MASTODON: https://edi.social/@janboehm // @ZDF Magazin Royale 🦠/ fest & flauschig @Spotify / hotline +49 30 959997666 / ❤️✊️😉 / boehmermann.de
Patrick McKenzie @iampmac.bsky.social Raised on Vino's Pizza and the triple rims of Miles Park
Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social Philadelphian in Cascadia. Vociferous champion for Oxford commas, two spaces after a period, and ellipses. I break into buildings. 🔓
"Even if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree." 🌲
(he/they)
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Mary Ellen Zurko @mzurko.bsky.social CyberSecurity with an emphasis on human use, integration, and impacts. Matron Saint of Usable Security. The only "Mary Ellen Zurko" on the web.
Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca programming and exclamation marks
blog: jvns.ca
zines: wizardzines.com
evacide @evacide.bsky.social Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org
Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social
These opinions are my own, not my employer's
I did a TED talk once
Ekaterina Damer, PhD @ekadamer.bsky.social 🕊️ Make love, not war!
🌱 Behavioural scientist, founder & investor
🤍 Startups, music, science
@laparisa.bsky.social @laparisa.bsky.social Browser Boss @googlechrome; Security Princess
@google; Project Zero den mom; former @usds; skilled at baking, eating, and hijacking cookies.
yan @yan.bsky.social security at brave software / @bcrypt on twitter
Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social "suh-ROOS" / سیروس
🕵️ Deputy Local Editor, East Bay Times
📰 🎧 Ex: Forbes, NBC, Ars Technica
🖖 Friend of DeSoto
😎 Nice dude
🐻 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA
📥 cfarivar@bayareanewsgroup.com
📥 cyrus@farivar.media
📱 +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
John Opdenakker @j-opdenakker.bsky.social Blogger | #Infosec | #AppSec | Security awareness | Occasional Public Speaker | Cycling | Running | Posts might contain bad humor, sarcasm or irony | Takes your security seriously!
https://johnopdenakker.com
Smashing Security podcast @smashingsecurity.com Funny award-winning weekly podcast about hacking, cybercrime, and privacy with @grahamcluley.com.
https://www.smashingsecurity.com
👕 Merch https://www.smashingsecurity.com/store
Patreon: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/plus
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social game developer, yuri enthusiast, your beloved problematic girlfriend
Catherine Crump @catherinecrump.bsky.social Constitutional lawyer | Berkeley Law prof
Leigh Honeywell @hypatia.bsky.social Security, diversity, housing, Canadian stuff 🇨🇦. Cofounder and CEO of @tallpoppy.bsky.social; more at leighhoneywell.com
Magen Wu @magpi.bsky.social She/Her | Sr. Consultant, Urbane Security
I'm well read insomuch that I like to read rather than tackle my ever-growing list of projects.
DEV Community @dev.to A community of software developers sharing coding resources and general commentary.
Built on Forem, an OSS for building online community 🌱
Join the #DEVCommunity: https://dev.to 🌟
Find us in the Fediverse: https://fosstodon.org/@thepracticaldev
PET Symposium @pet-symposium.bsky.social Official account of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium and the Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Next event: PETS 2026
Website: petsymposium.org/
Mastodon: @PET_Symposium@infosec
rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social normal guy
https://linktr.ee/MikeIsaac
Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social Scientist. Dir. of Usable Security & Privacy at the International Computer Science Institute (icsi.berkeley.edu). Founder, AppCensus (appcensus.io). All opinions are those of his employer(s), and not his own.
https://www.guanotronic.com/~serge/
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
Dale Watt @dlwwatt.bsky.social Work in GIS / Data for environmental conservation.
Tweets reflect my own opinions.
Karen Levy @karenlevy.bsky.social Law/tech, surveillance, work, truckers. Faculty Cornell Information Science, Cornell Law / Fellow @NewAmerica / Data Driven: http://tinyurl.com/57v559mv / www.karen-levy.net- S saschafahl @saschafahl.bsky.social Faculty@CISPA; Empirical Security
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
Shane Huntley @shanehuntley.bsky.social Aussie security / tech guy.
Google Threat Intelligence. Co-founder Threat Analysis Group (TAG). Tweets are my own not my employers.
Marie Baléo 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @baleo.bsky.social Auteur, "Les Empoisonneurs - Chlordécone : histoire d'un mépris français" (2025), "La Guerre silencieuse - Enquête sur les câbles sous-marins" (octobre 2026) @EditionsGrasset
✉️ mbaleo@protonmail.com
www.mariebaleo.com
Maggie Zhou @zmagg.com “Senior staff engineer mom” x gardener x Berkeley bike human