Publications

Yixin Zou, Allison McDonald, Julia Narakornpichit, Nicola Dell, Thomas Ristenpart, Kevin Roundy, Florian Schaub, and Acar Tamersoy.
The Role of Computer Security Customer Support in Helping Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
USENIX Security Symposium. 2021.

Emily Tseng, Diana Freed, Kristen Engel, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.
A Digital Safety Dilemma: Analysis of Remote Computer-Mediated Computer Security Interventions During COVID-19.
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2021

Rosanna Bellini, Emily Tseng, Nora McDonald, Rachel Greenstadt, Damon McCoy, Thomas Ristenpart, & Nicola Dell.
"So-called privacy breeds evil": Narrative Justifications for Intimate Partner Surveillance in Online Forums.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Issue CSCW. 2020
Best Paper Award

Emily Tseng, Rosanna Bellini, Nora McDonald, Matan Danos, Rachel Greenstadt, Damon McCoy, Nicola Dell, and Thomas Ristenpart.
The Tools and Tactics Used in Intimate Partner Surveillance: An Analysis of Online Infidelity Forums.
29th USENIX Security Symposium. 2020
Distinguished Paper Award; Internet Defense Prize (third place)

Kevin Roundy, Paula Mendelberg, Nicola Dell, Damon McCoy, Daniel Nissani, Thomas Ristenpart, and Acar Tamersoy.
The Many Kinds of Creepware Used for Interpersonal Attacks.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland 2020).

Diana Freed, Sam Havron, Emily Tseng, Andrea Gallardo, Rahul Chatterjee, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.
"Is my phone hacked?" Analyzing Clinical Computer Security Interventions with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Vol. 3 Issue CSCW. 2019.
Best Paper Honorable Mention Award

Sam Havron, Diana Freed, Rahul Chatterjee, Damon McCoy, Nicola Dell, and Thomas Ristenpart.
Clinical Computer Security for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence.
USENIX Security Symposium (Security 2019). pdf. presentation (video).
Media coverage: MIT Technology Review, Cornell Chronicle.

Rahul Chatterjee, Periwinkle Doerfler, Hadas Orgad, Sam Havron, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Freed, Karen Levy, Nicola Dell, Damon McCoy, and Thomas Ristenpart.
The Spyware Used in Intimate Partner Violence.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland 2018). pdf. presentation (video).
Media coverage: The New York Times, Vox, Freedom to Tinker (Princeton CITP).
Diana Freed, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Minchala, Karen Levy, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell. "A Stalker’s Paradise": How Intimate Partner Abusers Exploit Technology.

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018). pdf.
Best Paper Award

Diana Freed, Jackeline Palmer, Diana Minchala, Karen Levy, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.
Digital Technologies and Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis with Multiple Stakeholders.
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Volume 1 Issue CSCW, November 2017. Article. 46. pdf.

SELECTED PRESS

The Role of Computer Security Customer Support in Helping Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. A bill aims to stop abusers stalking ex-partners - The Guardian

Hundreds of apps can empower stalkers to track their victims - The New York Times

NYC has hired hackers to hit back at stalkerware - MIT Technology Peer-reviewed

The simple way Apple and Google let domestic abusers stalk victims - WIRED

How 'stalkerware' apps are letting abusive partners spy on their victims - MIT Technology Review

Tech can impact domestic violence — not always in a positive way - Smart Cities Dive

Hacker Eva Galperin has a plan to eradicate stalkerware - WIRED

How a mobile spyware scan helps free abuse victims - GCN

How domestic abusers use smartphones to spy on their partners - Vox

No safe haven for victims of digital abuse - Slate

Kaspersky lab will now alert users to 'stalkerware' used in domestic abuse - Vice

New tools help detect digital domestic abuse - Cornell Chronicle

Apps make it easy for domestic abusers to spy - Cornell Chronicle

How tech is failing victims of intimate partner violence - Freedom to Tinker (Princeton CITP)

Parental monitoring apps: How do they differ from stalkerware? - Malwarebytes Labs

Good Code Podcast Episode 16: Diana Freed on Technology-Enabled Domestic Violence - Chine Labbé and Digital Life Initiative @ Cornell Tech

Funding

Our research is generously supported by the NSF, Google, Facebook, and Engaged Cornell.