Yash Vekaria
@yash-vekaria.bsky.social
phd @ucdavis | web privacy and security researcher
https//www.yashvekaria.com/
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Yash Vekaria
@yash-vekaria.bsky.social
· Jun 18
We systematize developments in web tracking and identify open problems in the field in our new work: arxiv.org/abs/2506.14057
My research (w/ @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social) on Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) was cited in complaints filed today by Attorney General Ken Paxton against 5 major smart TV brands—LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, and Hisense—alleged for spying on Texans via ACR.
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Attorney General Paxton Sues Five Major TV Companies, Including Some with Ties to the CCP, for Spying on Texans
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against five major television companies for spying on Texans by secretly recording what consumers watch in their own homes.
texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My research (w/ @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social) on Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) was cited in complaints filed today by Attorney General Ken Paxton against 5 major smart TV brands—LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, and Hisense—alleged for spying on Texans via ACR.
texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...
texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...
Honored to have received "Distinguished Reviewer Award" at USENIX Security Symposium 2025 🎉
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September 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Honored to have received "Distinguished Reviewer Award" at USENIX Security Symposium 2025 🎉
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@yash-vekaria.bsky.social is presenting his research "Big Help or Big Brother?" at the 2025 USENIX Security Symposium this week. The paper shows tracking and profiling risks in GenAI browser assistants. #USENIXSecurity
engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/big-hel...
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Big Help or Big Brother? UC Davis Study Reveals Alarming Browser Tracking
A new UC Davis-led study reveals that GenAI browser assistants collect and share sensitive data without users’ knowledge, calling for stronger safeguards, transparency and awareness to protect user pr...
engineering.ucdavis.edu
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@yash-vekaria.bsky.social is presenting his research "Big Help or Big Brother?" at the 2025 USENIX Security Symposium this week. The paper shows tracking and profiling risks in GenAI browser assistants. #USENIXSecurity
engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/big-hel...
engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/big-hel...
Reposted by Yash Vekaria
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Reposted by Yash Vekaria
@yash-vekaria.bsky.social's research on ACR-tracking by Smart TVs featured in @nytimes.com @nytwirecutter.bsky.social.
Checkout the article: nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Checkout the article: nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know.
nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
@yash-vekaria.bsky.social's research on ACR-tracking by Smart TVs featured in @nytimes.com @nytwirecutter.bsky.social.
Checkout the article: nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Checkout the article: nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Reposted by Yash Vekaria
[email protected] describing privacy risks of ACR-based smart TV tracking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeq2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeq2...
Your TV Is Spying On You and Taking Screenshots
YouTube video by Naomi Brockwell TV
www.youtube.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
[email protected] describing privacy risks of ACR-based smart TV tracking
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeq2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeq2...
We systematize developments in web tracking and identify open problems in the field in our new work: arxiv.org/abs/2506.14057
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We systematize developments in web tracking and identify open problems in the field in our new work: arxiv.org/abs/2506.14057