Dissonance speakers and organizers are often quoted in the news, and they write or speak extensively in academic and other publications.
2026
The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That’s being tested in Georgia (AP News, 9-13-2026), J. Alex Halderman
2025
- Google promises gift cards to some who agree to hand over data (Detroit Free Press, 12-4-2025), Florian Schaub
- Fraud Alert vs. Credit Freeze: Which Is the Right Choice? (U.S. News, 11-24-2025), Florian Schaub
- What to do if you've been scammed by one of those fake toll road or DMV texts (Detroit Free Press, 6-16-2025), Florian Schaub
2024
- False claims about machines "switching" votes are going viral. Here's what to know. (CBS News, 10-24-2024), J. Alex Halderman
- Inside the fight to protect Georgia’s elections (WBUR, 10-9-2024), J. Alex Halderman
- How to know a job offer isn't a scam: Did a professor really post it? And why the check? (The Detroit Free Press, 5-22-2024), Sol Bermann
- Disinformation Is Tearing America Apart (TIME, 3-4-2024), Barbara McQuade
2023
- What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits (AP News, 10/15/2023), Florian Schaub
- Voting online is very risky. But hundreds of thousands of people are already doing it (NPR, 9/8/2023), Alex Halderman
- From a lab in Ann Arbor, fighting internet censorship around the world (MLive, 7/18/2023) Roya Ensafi
- YouTube Has Allowed Music Video Featuring Myriam Fares To Be Edited To Remove Problematic Content (Forbes, 3/16/2023), Nicole Ellison
- More older Americans use patient portals to access health information (UPI, 5/25/2023), Denise Anthony
2022
- Will Election Deniers Again Try to Access Voting Systems? (The New Yorker, 11/7/2022), Alex Halderman
- GOP operatives' troubling trend of copying election systems (The Washington Post, 8/16/2022), Alex Halderman
- Cyber agency: Voting software vulnerable in some states (ABC News, 6/1/2022), Alex Halderman
- Immigration Officials Created American Surveillance Network (Governing, 5/11/2022), Allison McDonald
- ICE uses data brokers to bypass surveillance restrictions, report finds (The Verge, 5/10/2022), Allison McDonald
- AMERICAN DRAGNET DATA-DRIVEN DEPORTATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY (Georgetown Law, 5/10/2022), Allison McDonald
- New legislation could bring mobile voting to the District (The Washington Post, 2/18/2022), Alex Halderman
- Feds oppose immediate release of voting machine report (ABC News, 2/11/2022), Alex Halderman
- Are voting machines too vulnerable to hacking? Georgia's having that debate (The Washington Post, 2-2-2022), Alex Halderman
- How Cookie Banners Backfired (The New York Times, 1-30-2022 ), Florian Schaub
2021
- Election Security Problems Still Must Be Addressed (Newsweek, 9-27-2021), Alex Halderman
- Experts: False claims on voting machines obscure real flaws (Washington Post, 8-13-2021), Alex Halderman
- MyPillow magnate Mike Lindell's latest election conspiracy theory is his most bizarre yet (CNN, 8-6-2021), Alex Halderman
- Putin Finds Ally in China’s TikTok in Crackdown on Critics (Bloomberg, 4-30-2021), Roya Ensafi
- Michigan expert debunks infamous report on Antrim County election as 'meaningless' (The Detroit News 4-1-2021), Alex Halderman
2020
- With time short, judge mulls Georgia voting system changes (AP News 10-7-2020), Alex Halderman
- Lawyers spar over Georgia voting machine glitch, planned fix (The Detroit News 9-29-2020), Alex Halderman
- Why You Can’t Just Vote on Your Phone During the Pandemic (The New Yorker 6-19-2020), Alex Halderman
- Assessing genetic relationships between academia and industry (Bill of Health - Harvard Law 2-21-2020), Kayte Spector-Bagdady
- MIT: Hackers could alter ballots in widely used voting app (The Detroit News 2-13-2020), Alex Halderman
- Attorneys in unemployment fraud cases join forces, call for state review of AI in government (Michigan Radio, 2-12-2020), Christian Sandvig
- Buggy Iowa Caucus App Is Buggy, Security Experts Say (Gizmodo 2-5-2020), Alex Halderman
- How Multiple System Failures Produced Debacle in Iowa Caucus (Bloomberg 2-4-2020), Alex Halderman
- App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested (The New York Times 2-3-2020), Alex Halderman
- Zimmerman, Halderman honored for public engagement efforts (The University Record 1-31-2020), Alex Halderman
- ‘Chaos Is the Point’: Russian Hackers and Trolls Grow Stealthier in 2020 (The New York Times 1-10-2020), Alex Halderman
- Voters Fail Mock Election, Exposing Vulnerability to Hackers (Bloomberg 1-8-2020), Alex Halderman
- The Cybersecurity 202: Voting machines touted as secure option are actually vulnerable to hacking, study finds (The Washington Post 1-8-2020), Alex Halderman
2019
- The decade Big Brother came home: How tech giants persuaded us to buy products that track us at home (CNBC, 12-19-2019), Florian Schaub
- Why a warrant to search GEDmatch’s genetic data has sparked privacy concerns (ScienceNews, 11-12-2019), Katye Spector-Bagdady
- How Russia’s online censorship could jeopardize internet freedom worldwide (Michigan News, 11-6-2019), Roya Ensafi
- Study: Russia’s web-censoring tool sets pace for imitators (AP News11-6-2019), Roya Ensafi & Alex Halderman
- The case against predictability (CBC, 11-1-2019), John Cheyney-Lippold
- Unlocking Big Data (University of Michigan YouTube channel, 10-30-2019), H.V. Jagadish
- This Video Watches You Back (Scientific American, 10-24-2019), Florian Schaub
- U-M researchers invent technology that scans the internet; now Google is a client (A4 - All About Ann Arbor, 10-24-2019), Alex Halderman
- U-M receives $2M NSF grant to explore data equity systems (The University Record, 9-25-2019), H.V. Jagadish
- Drone equipped with nail gun can fix the roof so you don't have to (New Scientist, 9-20-2019), Ella Atkins
- Wireless carriers slow streaming video content even in off-peak hours (CBS News, 8-27-19), Kentaro Toyama and Florian Schaub
- Meet the Researchers Working to Make Sure Artificial Intelligence Is a Force for Good (Time, 8-23-2019), Christan Sandvig
- Yes, tech companies may listen when you talk to your virtual assistant. Here's why that's not likely to stop. (CNN Business, 8-19-2019), Florian Schaub
- Judge Amy Totenberg Orders Georgia To Scrap Voting Machines Vulnerable To Hacking By 2020 (Tech Times, 8-18-2019), Alex Halderman
- Kazakhstan government is now intercepting all HTTPS traffic (ZDNet, 7-18-2019), Roya Ensafi
- Alexa may be key to Amazon’s looming domination of the healthcare market (Los Angeles Times, 7-16-2019), Jodyn Platt
- Ask a Chief Privacy Officer [video] (Educause Review, 7-1-2019), Sol Bermann
- 3 ways Michigan elections remain vulnerable — and what the state can do about it (Bridge, 7-2-2019), Alex Halderman
- Elizabeth Warren Just Released a Plan to Protect American Elections (Mother Jones, 6-25-2019), Alex Halderman
- Caution: Gadgets designed to keep older adults safe may be invasive to privacy (Market Watch, 6-11-2019), Florian Schaub
- Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes (U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, 6-10-2019), Barbara McQuade
- Experts weigh in on Apple's private sign-in feature (engadget, 6-4-2019), Florian Schaub
- ‘Alexa, delete what I just said’: U-M researcher discusses smart speaker privacy concerns (Michigan News, 5-30-2019), Florian Schaub
- Amazon to Let Alexa Users Delete Voice Commands in Privacy Push (Bloomberg, 5-29-2019), Florian Schaub
- Dissonance Series Hosts Panel on Artificial Intelligence (The Michigan Daily, 4-17-2019)
- Amazon workers listening to conversations through Alexa (KIRO 7 News, 4-12-2019), Florian Schaub
- Thousands of Amazon Workers Listen to Alexa Users' Conversations (Time, 4-11-2019), Florian Schaub
- Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa (Bloomberg, 4-10-2019), Florian Schaub
- Professors discuss role of women in leadership as part of Trotter lecture series (The Michigan Dailey, 3-27-2019), Barbara McQuade
- Facts about fake news's influence on U.S. elections and the fight against misinformation (Los Angeles Times, 3-19-2019), Brendan Nyhan
- A Question For 2020: Are Our Voting Systems Secure? (The Diane Rehm Show, 3-5-2019), J. Alex Halderman
- Research team investigating Internet censorship with tracking system (Michigan Radio, 2-6-2019), Roya Ensafi
- U-M, Fordham researchers look at online connections, privacy (The University Record, 2-5-2019), Florian Schaub & Allison McDonald
- Many Challenges Inhibit An Independent White House Bid (NPR, 1-30-2019), Brendan Nyhan
- “Encouraging” Perjury Is Also a Crime (Slate, 1-21-2019), Barbara McQuade
- What’s behind the confidence of the incompetent? This suddenly popular psychological phenomenon. (The Washington Post, 1-7-2019), Brendan Nyhan
2018
- Your smartphone apps are tracking your every move – 4 essential reads (The Conversation, 12-11-2018), Florian Schaub
- The Wisconsin power grab is part of a bigger Republican attack on democracy (Vox 12-6-2018), Brendan Nyhan
- 'Mueller knows a lot': Manafort and Cohen moves put Trump in line of fire (The Guardian, 12-1-2018), Barb McQuade
- Panel examines strategies for detecting, regulating fake news (The Michigan Daily, 11/27/2018), Catching Fake News event
- Research: Half Of Smart Speaker Device Owners Are Willing To Give Up Privacy In Their Homes (Pulse 2.0, 11/24/2018), Florian Schaub
- Hey, Alexa, stop listening to everything I say (The University Record, 11/21/2018), Florian Schaub
- Hackers are using malware to find vulnerabilities in U.S. swing states. Expect cyberattacks. (The Washington Post, 11/5/2018), Nadiya Kostyuk
- Q&A: Elections forensics help gauge legitimacy of outcomes (The University Record, 11/5/2018), Walter Mebane
- J. Alex Halderman on Election Systems and Vulnerabilities (C-Span, 11/5/2018), Alex Halderman
- Q&A | Don’t kid yourself, U.S. enemies are trying to hack our elections (Bridge, 11/3/2018), Alex Halderman
- Here's how an AI lie detector can tell when you're fibbing (Popular Science, 11/2/2018), Rada Mihalcea
- A secure future for US elections starts in the classroom (The Michigan Engineer News Center, 11/2/2018), Alex Halderman
- Ahead of important elections, U.S. voting system is still vulnerable to hacking (CBC Radio, 11/2/2018), Alex Halderman
- The Russians didn’t swing the 2016 election to Trump. But Fox News might have (The Washington Post, 10/24/2018), Brendan Nyhan
- How hackable are American voting machines? It depends who you ask (ABC News, 10/15/2018), Alex Halderman
- Here's How Russia May Have Already Hacked the 2018 Midterm Elections (Newsweek, 10/17/2018), Alex Halderman
- The Crisis of Election Security (The New York Times, 9/26/2018), Alex Halderman
- A professor at MIT demonstrated just how easy it is to tamper with voting machines — but there's a fairly simple way to prevent it from happening (Business Insider, 9/22/2018), Alex Halderman
- The Cyberthreats that Most Worry Election Officials (The Wall Street Journal, 9/18/2018), Alex Halderman
- Sounding the Alarm on the Dangers of Electronic Voting (Bloomberg, 8/7/2018), Alex Halderman
- The 5 States Most Vulnerable to a 2018 Election Hack (U.S. News, 7/11/2018), Alex Halderman
- Can Spicy Tweets Save Our Dictionaries? (The New York Times, 6/11/2018), John Cheney-Lippold
- Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. Here's How the Changes Could Affect You, According to Experts. (Money, 6/11/2018), Florian Schaub
- I Hacked an Election. So Can the Russians. (The New York Times, 4/5/2018), Alex Halderman
- Chelsea Manning to speak at University of Michigan (MLive, 2/15/2018), Chelsea Manning
- An AI That Reads Privacy Policies So That You Don't Have To (Wired, 2/9/2018), Florian Schaub
- Internet-scanning startup offers new cybersecurity approach (The University Record, 1/30/2018), Alex Halderman
- New bill could finally get rid of paperless voting machines (Ars Technica, 1/2/2018), Alex Halderman
2017
- The Ivory Tower Can’t Keep Ignoring Tech (The New York Times, 11/14/2017), Cathy O'Neil
- Securing the vote: How 'paper' can protect US elections from foreign invaders (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/07/2017), Alex Halderman, Walter Mebane
- Nobody reads privacy policies – here’s how to fix that (The Conversation, 10/9/2017), Florian Schaub
- Kenya Supreme Court Nullifies Presidential Election (The New York Times, 9/1/2017), Walter Mebane
- Look Who's Fighting Our Algorithmic Overlords (Bloomberg, 8/30/2017), Cathy O'Neil
- U-M, and Merit, In fight for free speech, researchers test anti-censorship tool built into the internet's core (CBC News, 8/16/2017), Alex Halderman
- Here’s exactly how Russia can hack the 2018 elections (Vice News, 7/10/2017), Alex Halderman
- Halderman testifies in Senate's Russia probe (The University Record, 6/26/2017), Alex Halderman
- Dr. J. Alex Halderman talks About how easy election equipment is to hack (C-SPAN video, courtesy of Josh Emerson, 6/21/2017), Alex Halderman
- Here’s how to keep Russian hackers from attacking the 2018 elections (The Washington Post, 6/21/2017), Alex Halderman
- Report: Russia Launched Cyberattack On Voting Vendor Ahead Of Election (NPR, 6/5/2017), Alex Halderman
- Here's what could be next for Trump's sanctuary cities order (AP, 4/26/2017), Margo Schlanger
- Interview - We Are Data (WOCA Radio, 4/24/2017), John Cheney-Lippold
- PhD candidates Christina Cross and Nadiya Kostyuk receive competitive fellowships (Ford School News, 4/5/2017), Nadiya Kostyuk
- Privacy & Security Challenges in Investigative Journalism (Duo Security, Inc. Industry News, 3/27/2017), Bastian Obermayer and Laurent Richard
- Knight-Wallace fellows discuss sources, security in writing investigative stories (The Michigan Daily, 3/22/2017), Bastian Obermayer and Laurent Richard
- The best response to some cyberattacks may be to ignore them (Science, 3/6/2017), Robert Axelrod
- Game theory could improve cyberwarfare strategy (Michigan News, 3/1/2017), U-M Research
- Professor Who Urged an Election Recount Thinks Trump Won, but Voting Integrity Still Concerns Him (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/23/2017), Alex Halderman
- Johnson: Michigan may boost post-election audits (The Detroit News, 1/26/2017), Alex Halderman
- Free to Be You and Me: Autonomy Privacy in Higher Education (Educause Review, 1/17/2017), Sol Bermann
- When the Russians fake their election results, they may be giving us the statistical finger (Washington Post, 1/11/2017), Walter Mebane and Kirill Kalinin
2016
- Why a Recount? Prof Who Sparked It Explains (The Detroit News, 12/1/2016), Alex Halderman
- New Evidence Finds Anomalies in Wisconsin Vote, But No Conclusive Evidence of Fraud (Washington Post, 11/28/2016), Walter Mebane
- This is How You File a Legal Election Complaint (Washington Post, 11/8/16), Walter Mebane
- The Security Challenges of Online Voting Have Not Gone Away (IEE Spectrum, 11/3/2016), Alex Halderman
- Cybersecurity and Voting Machine Security (C-Span, 10/4/16), Alex Halderman
- Privacy Advisor Podcast (IAPP 9/30/16), Peter Swire