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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/04/16/meet-the-researcher-dominik-stammbach/
Meet the Researcher: Dominik Stammbach - CITP Blog
Nov 13, 2025 - Dominik Stammbach is a postdoctoral researcher at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy. Stammbach completed his PhD at ETH Zürich in...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/tag/noboundaries/
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2024/03/18/suggested-principles-for-state-statutes-regarding-ballot-marking-and-vote-tabulation/
Suggested Principles for State Statutes Regarding Ballot Marking and Vote Tabulation - CITP Blog
Feb 5, 2025 - This letter, signed by more than 20 election cybersecurity experts, was addressed to the Pennsylvania State Senate Committee on Government in response to a...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/page/4/
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2020/06/24/safely-opening-pdfs-received-by-e-mail-or-fax/
Safely opening PDFs received by e-mail (or fax?!) - CITP Blog
Feb 5, 2025 - Many election administrators in U.S. states and counties need to receive and open PDF files from voters. Some of these administrators receive these PDFs as...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/08/06/announcing-the-inaugural-citp-technology-fellows-program/
Announcing the Inaugural CITP Technology Fellows Program - CITP Blog
Aug 6, 2025 - Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) is launching a new Technology Fellows Program.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/12/18/ai-chip-lifespans-a-note-on-the-secondary-market/
AI Chip Lifespans: A Note on the Secondary Market - CITP Blog
Dec 19, 2025 - One of my provocative claims was that the lifespan of the chips may be significantly shorter than the accounting treatment given to them.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2016/01/12/retrospective-look-at-canvas-fingerprinting/
Do privacy studies help? A Retrospective look at Canvas Fingerprinting - CITP Blog
It seems like every month we hear of some new online privacy violation in the news, on topics such as fingerprinting or web tracking. Many of these news...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/author/henrybirgeleegmail-com/
Henry Birge-Lee, Author at CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/02/26/fact-checking-or-community-notes-why-not-both-techtakes/
Fact-checking or Community Notes? Why not both! - TechTakes - CITP Blog
Feb 26, 2025 - On Thursday, February 20, 2025 Elon Musk tweeted that X ’Community Notes” are “increasingly being gamed by governments and legacy media.” But back in January,...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/01/16/internet-voting-is-insecure-and-should-not-be-used-in-public-elections/
Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections - CITP Blog
Jan 16, 2026 - All internet voting systems are insecure. The insecurity is worse than a well-run conventional paper ballot system, because a very small number of people may...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/author/liang-wang/
Liang Wang, Author at CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/12/03/meet-the-researcher-jane-castleman/
Meet the Researcher: Jane Castleman - CITP Blog
Dec 5, 2025 - Jane Castleman is a Master’s student in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. Castleman’s research centers around the fairness,...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2017/12/27/no-boundaries-for-user-identities-web-trackers-exploit-browser-login-managers/
No boundaries for user identities: Web trackers exploit browser login managers - CITP Blog
In this second installment of the “No Boundaries” series, we show how a long-known vulnerability in browsers’ built-in password managers is abused by...
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https://www.brian-fitzgerald.com/
BRIAN FITZGERALD | PhD (Lond), FICS, FBCS, CITP, CEng Frederick Krehbiel Chair in Innovation in...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2023/12/21/securing-the-web-pki/
Securing the Web PKI - CITP Blog
Dec 5, 2024 - CITP is releasing a report today based on a two day in-person workshop on the security of the Web Public Key Infrastructure (Web PKI) we held last year. The...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2024/11/19/cac-vote-another-insecure-internet-voting-system/
CAC-Vote: Another Insecure Internet Voting System - CITP Blog
Feb 5, 2025 - Philip Stark and I have released this paper with an analysis of a DARPA-sponsored research project to develop an internet voting system. An Internet Voting...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/12/10/reports-on-the-hart-verity-vanguard-voting-machines/
Reports on the Hart Verity Vanguard Voting Machines - CITP Blog
Dec 10, 2025 - Most U.S. election jurisdictions (states, counties, cities, or other subjurisdictions) use voting machines to tally votes, and in some cases also to mark votes...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/03/06/meet-the-researcher-manoel-horta-ribeiro/
Meet the Researcher: Manoel Horta Ribeiro - CITP Blog
Nov 13, 2025 - In an increasingly digital world, online platforms have transformed our primary means of communication and interaction. As such, platforms enable intersections...
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https://tradeready.ca/2026/topics/citp_spotlight/citp-spotlight-godwin-aigbokhan-trade-commissioner-global-affairs-canada/
CITP Spotlight: Godwin Aigbokhan — Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada - Trade Ready
Apr 15, 2026 - Some careers are carefully planned. For Godwin Aigbokhan, CITP, international trade began with a happenstance job opportunity with a friend.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfiltration-of-personal-data-by-session-replay-scripts/
No boundaries: Exfiltration of personal data by session-replay scripts - CITP Blog
This is the first post in our “No Boundaries” series, in which we reveal how third-party scripts on websites have been extracting personal information in...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2023/06/14/security-analysis-of-the-dominion-imagecast-x/
Security Analysis of the Dominion ImageCast X - CITP Blog
Dec 5, 2024 - Today, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia permitted the public release of Security Analysis of Georgia’s ImageCast X Ballot...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/category/meet-the-researcher/
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2014/04/09/how-to-protect-yourself-from-heartbleed/
How to protect yourself from Heartbleed - CITP Blog
The Heartbleed vulnerability is one of the worst Internet security problems we have seen. I’ll be writing more about what we can learn from Heartbleed and the...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/author/grace-cimaszewski/
Grace Cimaszewski, Author at CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2014/04/04/cookies-that-give-you-away-the-surveillance-implications-of-web-tracking/
Cookies that give you away: The surveillance implications of web tracking - CITP Blog
Dec 5, 2024 - [Today we have another announcement of an exciting new research paper. Undergraduate Dillon Reisman, for his senior thesis, applied our web measurement...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/11/18/meet-the-researcher-varun-satish/
Meet the Researcher: Varun Satish - CITP Blog
Nov 18, 2025 - Varun Satish is a Ph.D. student in demography at Princeton University. He studies social class and the course of life using LLMs.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2018/04/18/no-boundaries-for-facebook-data-third-party-trackers-abuse-facebook-login/
No boundaries for Facebook data: third-party trackers abuse Facebook Login - CITP Blog
Feb 11, 2025 - by Steven Englehardt [0], Gunes Acar, and Arvind Narayanan So far in the No boundaries series, we’ve uncovered how web trackers exfiltrate identifying...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2024/05/29/rows-and-columns-the-county-line-and-the-expressvote-xl/
Rows and Columns, the County Line, and the ExpressVote XL - CITP Blog
Feb 5, 2025 - Why did New Jersey counties keep choosing one insecure voting machine after another, for decades? Only this year did I realize what the reason might be. A...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/category/privacy-security/
Privacy & Security Archives - CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/11/06/citp-is-now-accepting-applications-for-the-2026-27-fellows-program/
CITP Is Now Accepting Applications for the 2026–27 Fellows Program - CITP Blog
Dec 3, 2025 - Applications are now open for Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) 2026-27 Fellows Program. Candidates are encouraged to...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/03/04/introducing-the-new-citp-non-resident-technology-fellows-2026-cohort/
Introducing the New CITP Non-Resident Technology Fellows 2026 Cohort - CITP Blog
Mar 5, 2026 - The Princeton CITP Non-Resident Technology Fellows program is a new initiative that connects technologists to address critical public interest challenges.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/09/24/how-do-states-define-digital-literacy-in-their-digital-equity-plans/
How do states define digital literacy in their digital equity plans? - CITP Blog
Sep 24, 2025 - Co-authored by Sam Hafferty, Mihir Kshirsagar, Eszter Hargittai, and Tithi Chattopadhyay Our survey of state digital equity plans makes abundantly clear that...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/02/20/new-technical-briefing-digital-fingerprinting/
New Technical Briefing: Digital Fingerprinting - CITP Blog
Feb 23, 2026 - Industry has moved to tracking users where users cannot see. This is where techniques such as device fingerprinting can be observed.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2024/07/05/a-brief-history-of-multi-perspective-issuance-corroboration/
A Brief History of Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration - CITP Blog
Dec 18, 2024 - “Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration” (or “MPIC”) is currently under discussion as an industry-wide standard by the CA/Browser Forum Server Certificate...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/author/sophie-luskin/
Sophie Luskin, Author at CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2014/04/10/heartsick-about-heartbleed/
Heartsick about Heartbleed - CITP Blog
Ed Felten provides good advice on this blog about what to do in the wake of Heartbleed, and I’ve read some good technical discussions of the technical problem...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/category/artificial-intelligence-data-science-society/
Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Society Archives - CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/04/10/ballot-tabulation-by-uploading-scanned-images-for-ocr-is-quite-insecure/
Ballot tabulation by uploading scanned images for OCR is quite insecure - CITP Blog
Apr 22, 2026 - The Georgia legislature recently passed a law banning QR-code ballots in vote tabulation, which is a step in the right direction. But the Georgia Secretary of...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/10/02/ai-born-secret-the-atomic-energy-act-ai-and-federalism/
AI "Born Secret"? The Atomic Energy Act, AI, and Federalism - CITP Blog
Nov 19, 2025 - Can states regulate AI risks of disclosing nuclear secrets? This post will explore the Atomic Energy Act, its applicability to AI, the potential impacts on...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2022/03/09/calling-for-investing-in-equitable-ai-research-in-nations-strategic-plan/
Calling for Investing in Equitable AI Research in Nation’s Strategic Plan - CITP Blog
By Solon Barocas, Sayash Kapoor, Mihir Kshirsagar, and Arvind Narayanan In response to the Request for Information to the Update of the National Artificial...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/10/15/lifespan-of-ai-chips-the-300-billion-question/
Lifespan of AI Chips: The $300 Billion Question - CITP Blog
Oct 15, 2025 - There's no question that we are in the midst of making one of the largest industrial infrastructure bets in United States history. 8 major companies—Microsoft,...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/10/23/hard-choices-citp-workshop-on-payment-systems-at-the-global-dpi-summit-in-capetown-south-africa/
Hard Choices: CITP Workshop on Payment Systems at the Global DPI Summit in Capetown, South Africa -...
Oct 23, 2025 - The decisions governments make—about who owns payment rails, how identity systems work, and who can access citizen data—will shape market structure for decades.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/04/07/meet-the-researcher-varun-rao/
Meet the Researcher: Varun Rao - CITP Blog
Nov 13, 2025 - Varun Rao is Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. Rao recently sat...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/05/23/paper-fingerprinting-and-ballot-tracking/
Paper fingerprinting and ballot tracking - CITP Blog
May 23, 2025 - In part 1 of this 2-part series I explained: Some election-integrity advocates have suggested that, in addition to good chain-of-custody procedures for ballots...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/07/31/newly-retired-andrew-appel-reflects-on-his-voting-machine-advocacy/
Newly-Retired Andrew Appel Reflects on his Voting Machine Advocacy - CITP Blog
Jul 31, 2025 - by Yaakov Zinberg ‘23 During the first week of the 2009 spring semester, Andrew Appel ’81, Princeton’s Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science, made the...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2020/07/14/can-the-exfiltration-of-personal-data-by-web-trackers-be-stopped/
Can the exfiltration of personal data by web trackers be stopped? - CITP Blog
by Günes Acar, Steven Englehardt, and Arvind Narayanan. In a series of posts on this blog in 2017/18, we revealed how web trackers exfiltrate personal...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/category/uncategorized/
Uncategorized Archives - CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2024/06/19/building-on-colorados-success-all-states-need-mandatory-rideshare-transparency-reporting/
Building on Colorado's Success: All States Need Mandatory Rideshare Transparency Reporting - CITP...
Dec 18, 2024 - Colorado has become the first state mandating transparency specifically around platform fees and driver wages from rideshare platforms like Uber and Lyft,...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/05/22/flaky-paper-wont-secure-our-elections-without-a-protocol-to-go-with-it/
Flaky paper won't secure our elections without a protocol to go with it - CITP Blog
May 23, 2025 - Part 1 of a 2-part series. In this part, why just printing ballots on special paper won’t help much. In part 2, how special paper could have a role if the rest...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/03/25/revolutionizing-rideshare-researchers-develop-fairfare-app-to-empower-workers/
Revolutionizing Rideshare: Researchers Develop FairFare App to Empower Workers - CITP Blog
Apr 9, 2025 - On February 1, 2025, Colorado’s Transportation Network Transparency Bill (SB24-075) took effect. CITP scholars, along with their colleagues, played a key role...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/04/29/announcing-a-study-assessing-the-impact-of-federal-funding-in-promoting-digital-equity/
Announcing a Study: Assessing The Impact of Federal Funding in Promoting Digital Equity - CITP Blog
Apr 29, 2025 - The Princeton Center for Information Technology (CITP) is embarking on a research study that examines how states are using Digital Equity Act funding to...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/author/center-for-information-technology-policy/
Center for Information Technology Policy, Author at CITP Blog
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2024/04/10/barcodes-on-paper-ballots-the-good-the-bad-and-the-stealth/
Barcodes on paper ballots: the good, the bad, and the stealth - CITP Blog
Feb 5, 2025 - Paper ballots should not have barcodes to mark votes; paper ballots should have barcodes to mark ballot styles. Why is that? What’s the difference? And at the...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2019/05/03/imagecast-evolution-voting-machine-mitigations-misleadings-and-misunderstandings/
ImageCast Evolution voting machine: Mitigations, misleadings, and misunderstandings - CITP Blog
Feb 5, 2025 - Two months ago I wrote that the New York State Board of Elections was going to request a reexamination of the Dominion ImageCast Evolution voting machine, in...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2017/09/28/i-never-signed-up-for-this-privacy-implications-of-email-tracking/
I never signed up for this! Privacy implications of email tracking - CITP Blog
In this post I discuss a new paper that will appear at PETS 2018, authored by myself, Jeffrey Han, and Arvind Narayanan. What happens when you open an email...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/02/24/georgia-still-using-tragicomically-insecure-voting-system/
Georgia still using tragicomically insecure voting system - CITP Blog
Feb 24, 2026 - Don’t leave your car key in the glove compartment. And don’t key all the vehicles in your fleet with the same key, and leave that key in every glove...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/04/23/meet-the-researcher-mona-wang/
Meet the Researcher: Mona Wang - CITP Blog
Nov 13, 2025 - Mona Wang is a Princeton Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy. Wang recently sat down with...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/11/25/why-the-genai-infrastructure-boom-may-break-historical-patterns/
Why the GenAI Infrastructure Boom May Break Historical Patterns - CITP Blog
Nov 26, 2025 - GenAI threatens to break a historical pattern, and we may not get a societal consolation prize as we have in the past.
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2024/09/20/ninth-circuit-upholds-aadc-ban-on-dark-patterns/
Ninth Circuit Upholds AADC Ban on “Dark Patterns” - CITP Blog
Dec 5, 2024 - On August 16, 2024, the Ninth Circuit ruled in NetChoice v. Bonta to strike significant portions of California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) on First...
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https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/10/08/our-class-spent-10-days-self-experimenting-with-social-media-use-heres-what-we-found/
Our class spent 10-days self-experimenting with social media use: here’s what we found - CITP Blog
Nov 19, 2025 - Our class designed and conducted a 10-day intervention aimed at changing their social media habits and pre-registered a hypothesis for how the intervention...
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