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Scott P. Johnson, MLIS @scottpjohnson.com Sociotechnical systems analyst, research and data engineering, critical information and data studies
Zane Xu @zanexu.info PhD student at NJIT | Human-centered security & privacy | @spur.science zanexu.info
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.
Justin Payan @justinspayan.bsky.social Postdoc at CMU. I work on NLP, market design, and combinatorial optimization for peer review and other social good applications. Personal webpage at https://justinpayan.github.io/.
Paul Ohm @paulohm.bsky.social Lawprof Georgetown / Emacs and org-mode
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy. Visit https://techpolicy.press Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.
Access Now @accessnow.org We defend and extend the digital rights of people and communities at risk 🌎.
De|Center @thedecenter.bsky.social New home of #DesignFromTheMargins methodology. We transform tech & advocate for #TechAccountability to advance justice & human rights. New to socials, not the work. Website: www.de-center.net Newsletter: https://the-decenter.ghost.io
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.
Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social Data science + math for social justice. Violist, yogi, husband, dad to human & dogs. 🏳️‍🌈 Views do not represent my employers. Author of Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change. Order at: https://bit.ly/4nT7qUh
Amy J. Ko @amyko.phd Professor @ University of Washington Information School. Computing, learning, design, justice, kitties, tacos, coffee, gender, politics, and transit. I write at amyjko.medium.com. I maintain wordplay.dev, bookish.press, adminima.app, reciprocal.reviews.
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams no AI ever
Manolo del Alamo @manolo-alamo.bsky.social geek
Jumaane D. Williams @jumaane.bsky.social Personal page of elected fighter for justice & equity. Currently: @nycpa Previously: Council Member, Tenant Organizer & Candidate for Governor of New York
Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com 🙅🏻‍♀️ Author (2 books & The Wayfinder newsletter), disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse. ☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org 😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Joey Schafer @schafer.bsky.social UW-Seattle PhD candidate, studying online attention dynamics & creators/influencers @ HCDE/CIP, advised by @katestarbird.bsky.social . Former SETS Fellow @ Cornell Tech, working w/ @informor.bsky.social . UAW 4121 ASE Recording Secretary. He/Him
Jaron Mink @jaronmink.bsky.social Asst. Prof. @ ASU | PI @ the http://HappyResearchLab.com | PhD from UIUC Secure Human-AI Interaction, Human Factors in Sec
Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social Host: Government That Doesn't Suck PoliSci Prof. Official Congress e-news DB: DCinbox.com & CB8 member. Book on Parenting, Politics and Civic Ed (HowtoRaiseaCitizen.com), Political Communications & Electoral Systems. https://dcinboxinsights.substack.com/
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels. Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist. I draw custom maps and artwork on commission: https://surprisedeelmaps.com/ Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
Dave Kung @dtkung.bsky.social Mathematician, policy wonk, joyful conspirator, violinist, runner. Exec. Dir. at TPSE Math & Independent math ed consultant after stints for UT Dana Center, MAA, SMCM, Fudan U., Lingnan U. & the Great Courses. Part of the exhausted resistance.
Abhinaya S B @sbabhinaya.bsky.social Human-centered Security and Privacy Researcher | PhD student at North Carolina State University
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
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net We mobilize the fight for science and democracy - because science is for everyone! 🧬🧪🌎 Donate here: https://bit.ly/SUFS_GIVING Learn more ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/standupforscience_bluesky
SOUPS @soupsconference.bsky.social The 22nd Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2026) will take place on August 23-26, 2026 in Germany. SOUPS brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners in human computer interaction, security, and privacy.
Cassandra Paul @cassandrapaul.bsky.social Physics & Astronomy | Science Education Professor (she/her) STEM education researcher, PER, parent of 3, runner, lover of the outdoors and Sci-Fi/Fantasy fiction
@soniacarleton.bsky.social @soniacarleton.bsky.social
Veronica Rivera @veronica-rivera.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher @Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy Incoming Assistant Professor @Georgia Tech HCI, security, digital safety, AI, labor, ethics https://vrivera2017.github.io/
Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic educator, writer, bibliophile who already loves your dog(s). Opinions are mine. Out now, my book <The Present Professor>! https://www.oupress.com/9780806194691/the-present-professor/
LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv The Big Bird at LegalEagle. Believer in the rule of law.
@Maxine David.bsky.social.com @maxinedavid.bsky.social Brit abroad. Critical friend of the EU. Foreign Policy analyst (EU, Russia, UK, US) at Leiden University. Teaching = my way of not despairing about the world. Of course they're my views.
Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social Political Scientist (all views are own, not employers’). Visiting Prof @ Columbia SIPA; civ-mil relations, military orgs/manpower, public opinion, foreign policy, militarized policing, democratic theory, intl/natsec law, pol econ
Smirity Kaushik @smirity.bsky.social PhD @UIUC| ex-Visiting Researcher #MPI_SP| Trust & safety research for at-risk x HCI x user privacy x tech policy| ex-Privacy Consultant @EY
Sophie Stephenson @sophiestephenson.me PhD candidate at @uwmadison.bsky.social studying interpersonal security & privacy. Website: sophiestephenson.me Cover photo by neilbat.es
Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social MIT-trained economist & Harvard prof | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts in a Boston accent | 1st career: union organizer NYT Columns https://www.nytimes.com/by/susan-dynarski https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski www.susandynarski.com
Elijah Bouma-Sims @elijahboumasims.bsky.social Ph.D. Student at Carnegie Mellon University in Societal Computing, NCSU C/O 2021. I do research on usable security and privacy with a focus on scams. https://elijahboumasims.com
Sanchari Das @drsancharidas.bsky.social Assistant Professor at George Mason University | Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington | specializing in security, privacy, HCI, AR/VR, and accessibility | Prev Institutions : University of Denver, ParityTech, XRSI, and American Express. 🙏
Hackers on the Hill @hackersonthehill.org A semi-regular gathering for irregulars from the security research community to engage with Congressional staffers. Run by I Am The Cavalry, bridging the gap between the hacker and public policy communities since 2017.
Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social Research Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Francesca Tripodi @ftripodi.bsky.social Dr. Tripodi is a sociologist who studies the internet and how information flows online www.spillab.com
Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social Princeton Sociology Prof; NASA ethnography; tech policy; digitalSTS; critical technical practice; mobile Linux. Conscientious objector to surveillance capitalism. https://janet.vertesi.com https://www.optoutproject.net @cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
Shriram Krishnamurthi @shriram.bsky.social Brown Computer Science / Brown University || BootstrapWorld || Pyret || Racket I'm unreasonably fascinated by, delighted by, and excited about #compsci #education #cycling #cricket and the general human experience.
Lorrie Cranor @lorriecranor.bsky.social
Pamela Wisniewski @pamwis.bsky.social (She/Mom/Dr.) HCI researcher focused on digital resilience and adolescent online safety. My opinions are my own.
Emerson Victoria Johnston @idenarch.bsky.social currently researching the social history of the early internet (think algorithms, architectures, and archives) tech policy @ stanford / comms and membership @ AoIR masters x2 @ stanford / bachelors @ northeastern first gen 🎓 | 🏳️‍🌈
James Nicholson @nicholson.phd Associate Professor of Human-Centred Cybersecurity at Northumbria University, UK || Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=knEVzDMAAAAJ
Tanusree Sharma @tanusrees.bsky.social Assistant professor @penn_state . Ph.D @UofIllinois . Usable Security, Trust, Decentralized Governance . Formerly @Google, @maxplanckpress . tanusreesharma.github.io
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
Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher tip me: liz@theverge.com
Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com Senior reporter at @CybersecurityDive.bsky.social covering all things digital security. I also co-host @hothtakes.bsky.social. | Send me tips: https://ericjgeller.com/contact.html
Jiaqi (Ella) Li (She/They) @ellali.bsky.social PhD student of @chiclab_nu and @nusealab.bsky.social at at Northeastern University. prev: @UMSI | Social Justice, Health Equity, Queer, Feminism｜🏳️‍🌈 🌏🕊 Mastodon: @ellali@hci.social https://x.com/jiaqi_lll
SPUR Lab @spur.science Nathan Malkin's research group — studying Security, Privacy, Usability, Respect at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) – https://spur.science/
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.
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
Pranav Khadpe @pranavkhadpe.bsky.social Human-Computer Interaction researcher | Ph.D. candidate @cmuhcii https://pranavkhadpe.github.io/
Stephen Sauceda @stephensauceda.com Dad. Husband. Geek. Has the power to will things into being on the Internet. https://stephensauceda.com
Andrés Lucero @andrikos.bsky.social 💼 IxD Professor, Aalto University 🧪 UX, HCI, spirituality researcher 🎙️ ACM distinguished speaker 🛠️ Ex-SDU, -Nokia, -Philips 🎓 Alum TUe, UTEM 📣 Views my own
Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
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.
Alex Stamos @stamos.org CPO/CSO of Corridor.dev, teaching at Stanford.
Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social I nudge people to care about privacy and security. CPO/DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Ex @EA @FTC |my views are my own. I used to post on Twitter at @wbm312.
the grugq @thegrugq.bsky.social
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
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Rawane @ra1issa.bsky.social I work in cryptography and privacy. Im currently at Galois, inc.
Center for an Informed Public @cip.uw.edu A multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington in Seattle helping individuals, communities and institutions navigate our complex information environments. Website: cip.uw.edu
University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu One of the world's top schools in information science. Offering degrees in Informatics, Library and Information Science (MLIS), Information Management (MSIM), and Museology, and doctorates in information science. Seattle, WA. https://ischool.uw.edu/
Uncle Joe @sydseter.com Co-leader OWASP Cornucopia. If you like what we do for open source, visit our code repository https://github.com/OWASP/cornucopia and give us a star ⭐ 🌈 «Difference is of the essence of humanity» 🦄 – John Hume #appsec #owasp #cornucopia #threatmodeling
Glencora Borradaile @glencoraspeaks.bsky.social Believes communication should be private by default and worries about surveillance-supported threats to the First and Fourth Amendment. Professor of Computer Science, Oregon State University Public Voices Fellow, theopedproject.org Opinions my own.
Meryl Ye @merylye.bsky.social Societal Computing PhD Student @ CMU | Cornell CS alum | merylye.github.io
Tiziano Piccardi @tiziano.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Johns Hopkins University | Prev: Stanford & EPFL | https://piccardi.me/
@primalwije.bsky.social @primalwije.bsky.social
EPIC @epic.org The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age. Find us at epic.org.
Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.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
Taggart @taggart-tech.com @mttaggart@infosec.exchange. Displaced Philly boy. Executive Director of @ifin-intel.org. Threat hunter. Educator. Dad. General in the AI Resistance. taggartinstitute.org wtfbins.wtf linktr.ee/mttaggart
Puneet Thapliyal @puneetx.bsky.social Chief Information Security Officer | Health Care | Startup Advisor | Venture Partner. Advocate for online data privacy rights.
Andrew Becherer @andrew.becherer.org I've been a software developer, application security engineer, a Chief Security Officer and a founder. I am a husband & dad. Formerly Datadog, Iterable, NCC & iSEC Partners. Living the dream in America's Pacific Northwest.
tomato tart @sodaoccultist.bsky.social hedge witch on the land and in the terminal.
Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org CSO of TPO.group ♦️ EFF Board of Directors♦️she/her ♦️ bestselling author but only that one time
Allan @allanfriedman.bsky.social SBOM Champion. Paranoid about supply chains of all kinds. Former full-service technocrat at CISA, NTIA. Lapsed{engineer, academic, author}. Now wandering the world doing acts of infosec-goodness, & occasionally getting paid for it. Poster of food pics.
Chris Wysopal @weld.bsky.social Gray haired gray hat. Co-founder Veracode. Former L0pht security researcher. Builds tools to find and fix vulnerabilities in code at scale.
Christopher Soghoian @christopher.soghoian.net Previously: Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity, Office of Senator Ron Wyden.
Beau Woods @beauwoods.com hack all the cybers
Jon Callas @joncallas.bsky.social Boffin, flâneur, ‪ailouroboskos‬. Kubrick homage self-portraitist. Also cryptography, human rights, and stuff. Founded PGP, Blackphone, others; worked for DEC, Apple, SRI, ACLU, EFF, others. Was ShmooCon program chair for all twenty conferences.
Rob Joyce @rgblights.bsky.social Cyber guy. Former NSA cybersecurity director and chief of TAO. Lover of memes. Warning - occasional outrageous Christmas light content.
Adam Shostack @adamshostack.bsky.social Threat modeling. BH Review Board. Affiliate Professor, UW. Fixed autorun. Helped create CVE. Not sure why we're building graphs on yet another (effectively) centralized system. https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack
@tbertling.bsky.social @tbertling.bsky.social Security Engineer with other interests
Jeff Luszcz @jeffluszcz.bsky.social New to Cambridge. Works in Open Source Licensing, OSPOs, M&A, SCA, SBOMs and Security Love my bike, electronics/Arduino/radio/rf and walkable cities!
EMRE KIZILKAYA @emrekizilkaya.bsky.social Ph.D. in Media & Communication | '24-'25 Carr-Ryan Center Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School | Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow '19 | IVLP Alumnus | IBM Certified AI Developer https://www.linkedin.com/in/emre-kizilkaya #Media #Humanities #AI #Data #Ethics
Kevin Klyman @klyman.bsky.social AI Policy @ Stanford + Harvard Former - Digital Forensic Research Lab, Digital Impact Alliance, UN Global Pulse, Human Rights Watch Researching - acceptable use of digital tech, evaluations of dual-use capabilities, transparency of LLMs (or lack thereof)
@kellycaine.bsky.social @kellycaine.bsky.social
Neilly Tan @neillytan.com phd candidate @ uw hcde ✎ critical data, design systems, privacy, power ↳ pronounced “nee-lee” • she/her ⚢🏳️‍🌈 • neillytan.com ✧