Marshini
@ineffablicious.bsky.social
Prof at UChicago computer science dept working in HCI and usable privacy and security
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Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Nice summary of our work, led by Lan Gao, on what AI content moderation rules appear in popular genAI tools www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | AI chatbots’ content rules often frustrate users, study finds
The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Nice summary of our work, led by Lan Gao, on what AI content moderation rules appear in popular genAI tools www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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With #cscw2025 revisions due tomorrow and #chi2025 coming up fast, did you get reviewer critiques of your qualitative methods that you struggled to respond to or that reflected a lack of understanding of qual methods? If so, add them to this crowdsourced document!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them
Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them Author: Jessica Vitak (+ anyone who adds to the document) About This Document (and a disclaimer) Reviewing is a highly subjective pr...
docs.google.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
With #cscw2025 revisions due tomorrow and #chi2025 coming up fast, did you get reviewer critiques of your qualitative methods that you struggled to respond to or that reflected a lack of understanding of qual methods? If so, add them to this crowdsourced document!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Final acceptance rates at #chi2025 now up chi2025.acm.org/chi-2025-pap... @acm_chi
CHI 2025 Yokohama, Japan
CHI 2025 Yokohama, Japan
chi2025.acm.org
February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Final acceptance rates at #chi2025 now up chi2025.acm.org/chi-2025-pap... @acm_chi
Does autoplay make you watch more? Our study on Netflix suggests it does! Here's more on the balance between adding moments for you to decide to watch more and letting the platform keep streaming on. cs.uchicago.edu/news/the-hid... #attentioncapture #darkpatterns #netflix
The Hidden Cost of Netflix’s Autoplay: A Study on Viewing Patterns and User Control - Department of Computer Science
Netflix’s autoplay feature has long been a standard part of the user experience, continuously feeding content to keep viewers engaged. But how much is this convenience truly costing us in terms of con...
cs.uchicago.edu
February 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Does autoplay make you watch more? Our study on Netflix suggests it does! Here's more on the balance between adding moments for you to decide to watch more and letting the platform keep streaming on. cs.uchicago.edu/news/the-hid... #attentioncapture #darkpatterns #netflix
Cuts to NSF funding "undermine American innovation and technological leadership and decrease our competitiveness and national security while delivering negligible cost savings."
cra.org/cuts-to-nsf-... #savescience
cra.org/cuts-to-nsf-... #savescience
Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing
A statement from the Computing Research Association (CRA) The reported termination today of 10 percent of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) workforce — including significant cuts to the Compu…
cra.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Cuts to NSF funding "undermine American innovation and technological leadership and decrease our competitiveness and national security while delivering negligible cost savings."
cra.org/cuts-to-nsf-... #savescience
cra.org/cuts-to-nsf-... #savescience
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Call for papers for the 7th annual PrivaCI Symposium, to be held on May 19 and 20, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium, is now open. The symposium is hosted by imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Brussels Privacy Hub. Notice this is back-to-back with CPDP! More info:
privaci.info/symposium/20...
privaci.info/symposium/20...
2025: The 7th Annual PrivaCI Symposium, Brussels
To address the momentous privacy challenges requires a multidisciplinary approach that brings computer scientists, formal methods experts and privacy researchers. Contextual integrity (CI) addresses t...
privaci.info
January 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Call for papers for the 7th annual PrivaCI Symposium, to be held on May 19 and 20, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium, is now open. The symposium is hosted by imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Brussels Privacy Hub. Notice this is back-to-back with CPDP! More info:
privaci.info/symposium/20...
privaci.info/symposium/20...
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Our new research paper just posted! It asks whether dark patterns (manipulative online interfaces) can thwart users who are trying to make privacy-protective choices on a video streaming site. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... We find that dark patterns are very potent even when users have that goal.
Can Consumers Protect Themselves Against Privacy Dark Patterns?
Dark patterns have emerged in the last few years as a major target of legislators and regulators. Dark patterns are online interfaces that manipulate, confuse,
papers.ssrn.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our new research paper just posted! It asks whether dark patterns (manipulative online interfaces) can thwart users who are trying to make privacy-protective choices on a video streaming site. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... We find that dark patterns are very potent even when users have that goal.
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So if you're interested in privacy or dark patterns / deceptive design, or just annoyed by the choice architecture you regularly encounter on apps and websites, check out this new research, by @mbkugler.bsky.social, @ineffablicious.bsky.social, Chirag Mahapatra, and me.
January 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So if you're interested in privacy or dark patterns / deceptive design, or just annoyed by the choice architecture you regularly encounter on apps and websites, check out this new research, by @mbkugler.bsky.social, @ineffablicious.bsky.social, Chirag Mahapatra, and me.
Interested in #CHI2025 submission numbers and Round 1 results? See summary statistics here: chi2025.acm.org/chi-2025-pap...
CHI 2025 Yokohama, Japan
CHI 2025 Yokohama, Japan
chi2025.acm.org
December 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Interested in #CHI2025 submission numbers and Round 1 results? See summary statistics here: chi2025.acm.org/chi-2025-pap...
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Reposting from @acm-sigchi.bsky.social : 📢 We’re thrilled to announce that registration for #CHI2025 is officially OPEN! 🎉
🌍 Early registration ends March 31, 2025 (EOD AOE) – don’t miss out!
💻 In-person & virtual participation options are available.
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🌍 Early registration ends March 31, 2025 (EOD AOE) – don’t miss out!
💻 In-person & virtual participation options are available.
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/4gh539Y
CHI 2025 Yokohama, Japan
CHI 2025 Yokohama, Japan
buff.ly
December 4, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Reposting from @acm-sigchi.bsky.social : 📢 We’re thrilled to announce that registration for #CHI2025 is officially OPEN! 🎉
🌍 Early registration ends March 31, 2025 (EOD AOE) – don’t miss out!
💻 In-person & virtual participation options are available.
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/4gh539Y
🌍 Early registration ends March 31, 2025 (EOD AOE) – don’t miss out!
💻 In-person & virtual participation options are available.
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/4gh539Y