Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
Dan York @danyork.bsky.social All things Internet | Emerging tech | AI | LEO satellites | Security | Privacy | Wikipedia|Rotary|ITDRC|Vermont|Author|Speaker|Podcaster
Senior Director, Online Trust & Safety, Internet Society
More: danyork.me and https://mastodon.social/@danyork
PasswordResearch.com @pwdrsch.bsky.social Authentication and password security news gathered by Bruce K. Marshall. See PasswordResearch.com for a collection of password research papers and statistics. Also active on https://www.reddit.com/r/Passwords/
Adam Bates (Yuile) @adambatesorg.bsky.social Associate Professor @ UIUC- M @mhicks.bsky.social @mhicks.bsky.social
Diogo Barradas @dmbb.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UWaterloo; member of the CrySP group. I research Internet censorship and surveillance.
Techni-Calli @illleavenow.bsky.social Privacy, law, tech fights, memes. Got locked out of the @ Iwillleavenow account, so recreated.
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
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.
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
Michio Honda @michioh.bsky.social Faculty at Edinburgh. Computer network & OS research. Foodie. π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ¬π§βπ©πͺβπ―π΅
https://micchie.net
Taro Tsuchiya @tarotsuchiya.bsky.social Ph.D. Student at Carnegie Mellon. Cylab Studying computer security & online crime.
https://taro-tsuchiya.github.io/
Neovim @neovim.io Neovim is a hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
Ways to support the project:
- https://github.com/sponsors/neovim
- https://store.neovim.io
- Have fun using it and spread the word
Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com Two guys with a couple radios. Always listening to Pittsburgh Police/Fire/EMS. https://linktr.ee/pghscanner
Peter Carragher @pcarragher.bsky.social CS PhD student at CMU
Retrieval, Webgraphs, Source Credibility, Adversarial Adaptation- Y Yoshi Kohno @yoshikohno.bsky.social Computer security & privacy research, Georgetown University, he/him
Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor of HCI at Carnegie Mellon studying the psychology of technology. NSF postdoc at NYU, PhD from Cambridge, BA from Stanford. stevenrathje.com
CyLab @cylab.bsky.social CyLab is @cmu.edu's Security & Privacy Institute. Our 300+ researchers are passionate about creating a world in which technology can be trusted. Follow our latest research at https://www.cylab.cmu.edu/.
@soniacarleton.bsky.social @soniacarleton.bsky.social
Peyman Milanfar @docmilanfar.bsky.social Distinguished Scientist at Google. Computational Imaging, Machine Learning, and Vision. Posts are personal opinions. May change or disappear over time.
http://milanfar.org
@thorstenholz.bsky.social @thorstenholz.bsky.social
CMU Software & Societal Systems (S3D) @cmus3d.bsky.social At Carnegie Mellon University's Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D), we solve big, complex challenges at the critical intersection of technology and society.
SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
Carnegie Mellon University @cmu.edu At CMU, the (Blue)sky's the limit. United by curiosity and driven by passion, we reach across disciplines, forge new ground and deploy our expertise to make real change that benefits humankind.
CMU Computer Science Department @csdatcmu.bsky.social The Computer Science Department's mission has remained steadfast: to lead in computer science research and education that has real-world impact β to push the frontiers of the field and produce the next generations leaders.
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Carolina Carreira @carolinacarreira.bsky.social PhD Student in CMU in Societal Computing
Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social @erratarob on the hellscape site
Florian Schaub @fschaub.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Information & CSE, University of Michigan
Hammond Pearce @cyberhammond.com Lecturer (a.k.a. Assistant Professor) at UNSW Sydney. Research into cybersecurity, LLMs, and hardware design and EDA.
aurelsec @aurelsec.bsky.social Hackademic at S3@eurecom
Destenie Nock, PhD @destenie.bsky.social Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Energy Affordability. Energy & Climate Justice. Macro Energy Systems Modeling. CEO - Peoples Energy Analytics. Named a 2024 Science Defender. Nonfiction rep: @laurieabkemeier. Fiction rep: @ajvanbelle
@zooko2.bsky.social @zooko2.bsky.social
Ally Nisenoff @anisenoff.bsky.social CMU Societal Computing PhD Student.
@nsfgrfp fellow.
@UChicago β21 CS and Astrophysics.
she/her
Schneier on Security @schneier.com An automated feed of posts from Bruce Schneier's blog. https://www.schneier.com/
Zubair Shafiq @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social prof @ucdavis; privacy + measurement researcher; outdoor enthusiast; anda-shami lover
Cori Faklaris @heycori1.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at UNC Charlotte researching usable security, privacy, and AI. Director, SPEX research group and UNC Charlotte Cybersecurity Clinic. PhD, CMU HCII. Ex-journo. Cat mom.
Patrick Park @patpark.bsky.social Computational Social Scientist @scsatcmu.bsky.social
Shirin Nilizadeh, Ph.D. @shirin-nilizadeh.bsky.social Associate Professor @UTA
Security and Privacy
Internet Integrity and Safety
Postdoc at @UCSB SecLab and CMU Silicon Valley @CyLab
PhD @IUBloomington
Kami Vaniea @kaniea.bsky.social Usable Security and Privacy researcher
Catherine King @kingcatherine.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow in Policy @cmus3d.bsky.social @scsatcmu.bsky.social | Recent PhD graduate in Societal Computing from Carnegie Mellon | BS + MS from @wm.edu | kingcatherine.github.io
Jessy Irwin @jessysaurusrex.bsky.social I protect people from technology, and technology from people. Focused on all things security, defense, risk, and resilience. I brake for wildflowers and chase art history mysteries.
Lorrie Cranor @lorriecranor.bsky.social
Eran Toch @eranto.bsky.social I invent new technologies and user experiences for privacy & human-AI interaction. Prof of Engineering at TAU.
Luke Osterritter @losterritter.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Carnegie Mellon. Studying social cyber security and organizational risk using network science and computational and agent-based modeling. But... mostly I play games.
michael @mfeffer.bsky.social great value chidi anagonye. more seriously Societal Computing PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University. not just an ML account.
Daniel Arp @darpsky.bsky.social Assistant Professor at TU Wien
Machine Learning & Security
@carmelatroncoso.bsky.social @carmelatroncoso.bsky.social
Jeremy Epstein @jeremyepstein.bsky.social Former WH OSTP privacy guy. NSF SaTC (cybersecurity and privacy) lead for a decade, now trying to figure out what's next. Dad, grandfather. Personal account, nothing official here.
Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com Researcher, Computer Security @ ICSI
Chief Mad Scientist @ Skerry Technologies
Putting the Science in "Mad Science"
Digital, Explainable, and (usually) Adversarial Systems
Looking for employment: CV is here https://skerry-tech.com/cv.html
he/him
Colin @micshasan.bsky.social Lucidprivacy.io, briefly.co, Ghostery, Evidon, pirategrids.com, SF, NYC, dad, hubby. Privacy is a human right. Gimme more music β¦
Stephen MacNeil @stevemacn.bsky.social Assistant Professor, HCI Lab Director, Temple University
Currently passionate about computing education, assistive technology, and undergraduate research.
Jose Such @josesuch.bsky.social Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Head of Human-Centred & AI Security, Ethics and Privacy Lab - https://hasp-lab.github.io
Diana Vieira Fernandes @dianavf.bsky.social
Rawane @ra1issa.bsky.social I work in cryptography and privacy. Im currently at Galois, inc.
Bailey πΈοΈπ·οΈπ¦ @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//
Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social Potential game show contestant.
Former Axios, The Hill, Passcode. Founder of the Codebook cybersecurity newsletter. Once got lost in a Starbucks.
Patrick Gage Kelley @pgk.bsky.social Researcher in privacy and safety online.
Lead Trust & Safety Research at Google
Actually an artist, writer, scholar.
Say hi.
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Christopher Soghoian @christopher.soghoian.net Previously: Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity, Office of Senator Ron Wyden.
Nikita Borisov @nikitabear.bsky.social
Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/
BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
Tim @tvidas.bsky.social Husband, Dad, Hacker.
Principal Security Engineer at @AWSCloud
Serial founder (e.g. @defcon402, @_kernelcon_)
Personal account.
@tvidas@infosec.exchange
@tvidas@twitter
Eiji @eijihayashi.bsky.social
Ed Felten @edfelten.bsky.social Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Offchain Labs. Emeritus Professor of Computer Science & Public Affairs at Princeton. Formerly: Deputy US CTO at White House. Currently: husband, dad, concerned American.- Z Zookoπ‘οΈ @zooko.bsky.social You gotta not let go but you also gotta not hang on too tight. Hold it just right as she goes.
Monica Barratt @monicabarratt.bsky.social Drugs, harm reduction, humane drug policies, drug checking, drug markets, social equity. Academic + advocate. Curtin, Loop, Bluelight.
Wendy Seltzer @wseltzer.bsky.social Lawyer, techie, governance wonk. Also @wseltzer@infosec.exchange
Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social Founder of Granitt, securing journalists and at-risk people around the world.
Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social "suh-ROOS" / Ψ³ΫΨ±ΩΨ³β
π΅οΈ Deputy Local Editor, East Bay Times
π° π§ Ex: Forbes, NBC, Ars Technica
π Friend of DeSoto
π Nice dude
π» 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA
π₯ cyrus@farivar.media
π± +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
@ipeirotis.bsky.social @ipeirotis.bsky.social - G @gdanezis.bsky.social @gdanezis.bsky.social
adrianne @adrjeffries.bsky.social science has eliminated distance!
the grugq @thegrugq.bsky.social
Donncha Γ Cearbhaill @donncha.is Head of Security Lab - Amnesty International
Hunting spyware and unlawful surveillance targeting activists and civil society.
For help with digital forensics or suspect spyware threats contact: https://securitylab.amnesty.org/get-help/
socrates1024 @socrates1024.bsky.social junior product @ teleport.best
adjunct associate prof @ uiuc
Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social Economist & public safety expert. Author, The Science of Second Chances. Host/author, @ProbCausation podcast & substack. Passionate about ROI.
https://jenniferdoleac.com- S Steve Bellovin @stevebellovin.bsky.social
Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, Open Library. https://brewster.kahle.org https://archive.org https://openlibrary.org
Ethan Heilman πΌ @ethanheilman.bsky.social Have hash function, will travel
⬑ Posts about cryptology, netsec, infosec, OpenID Connect
⬑ co-founded bastionzero.com
⬑ Works on OpenPubkey: https://github.com/openpubkey/openpubkey
⬑ Website is https://ethanheilman.com
Chris Kanich @kaytwo.org I get unreasonably excited about Chicago, cybersecurity, education, and local impact.
https://kaytwo.org
Ian Miers @secparam.bsky.social UMD CS Prof. Security and applied cryptography.
Ryan Lackey @octal.bsky.social Cypherpunk and CSO at Evertas Insurance. Angel investor in crypto/security, Puerto Rico resident.
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
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
Tom Simonite @simonite.bsky.social Tech companies editor @washingtonpost.com // tom.simonite@washpost.com
Daniel Gruss @gruss.cc Aka @lavados #InfoSec University Professor @ #TUGraz. #meltdown, #spectre, #rowhammer, cache attacks, sustainable security. Produced a side channel security sitcom. https://gruss.cc https://x.com/lavados https://infosec.exchange/@lavados
Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby
Frederic Jacobs @fredericjacobs.com www.fredericjacobs.com
https://ger.mx/A-RGsldmQt0iXfnzPgXNzLzA5_jvDbWHabqz1yJrt2ma#did:plc:oxwmqopgbm3driwzues7odpz
peter honeyman @peterhoneyman.a2mi.social.ap.brid.gy red-diaper baby, draft dodger, professor emeritus, senior citizen
π bridged from β https://a2mi.social/@peterhoneyman, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Aylin Kamelia Caliskan @aylincaliskan.bsky.social https://faculty.washington.edu/aylin
Computer scientist β’ Prof @UWischool & @UWcse
Co-Director @TechPolicyLab β’ Nonresident Senior Fellow @BrookingsInst
AI & Societal Impacts: Ethics in NLP β’ Multimodal ML β’ CV β’ Human-AI Collaboration- D Devdatta Akhawe @devd.bsky.social Security and chai
Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com Professor of HCII and LTI at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.
jeffreybigham.com
Mustafa @musalbas.bsky.social
Peter Van Valkneburgh @valkenburgh.bsky.social Executive Director at Coin Center.
Nathaniel Popper @nathanielpopper.bsky.social Editor at Bloomberg News. Previously, reporter at NYT, LAT and the Forward. Wrote: "The Trolls of Wall Street" + "Digital Gold.β