Dissonance speakers and organizers are often quoted in the news, and they write or speak extensively in academic and other publications.
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
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With time short, judge mulls Georgia voting system changes (AP News 10-7-2020), Alex Halderman
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Lawyers spar over Georgia voting machine glitch, planned fix (The Detroit News 9-29-2020), Alex Halderman
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Why You Can’t Just Vote on Your Phone During the Pandemic (The New Yorker 6-19-2020), Alex Halderman
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Assessing genetic relationships between academia and industry (Bill of Health - Harvard Law 2-21-2020), Kayte Spector-Bagdady
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MIT: Hackers could alter ballots in widely used voting app (The Detroit News 2-13-2020), Alex Halderman
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Attorneys in unemployment fraud cases join forces, call for state review of AI in government (Michigan Radio, 2-12-2020), Christian Sandvig
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Buggy Iowa Caucus App Is Buggy, Security Experts Say (Gizmodo 2-5-2020), Alex Halderman
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How Multiple System Failures Produced Debacle in Iowa Caucus (Bloomberg 2-4-2020), Alex Halderman
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App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested (The New York Times 2-3-2020), Alex Halderman
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Zimmerman, Halderman honored for public engagement efforts (The University Record 1-31-2020), Alex Halderman
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‘Chaos Is the Point’: Russian Hackers and Trolls Grow Stealthier in 2020 (The New York Times 1-10-2020), Alex Halderman
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Voters Fail Mock Election, Exposing Vulnerability to Hackers (Bloomberg 1-8-2020), Alex Halderman
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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
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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
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Why a warrant to search GEDmatch’s genetic data has sparked privacy concerns (ScienceNews, 11-12-2019), Katye Spector-Bagdady
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How Russia’s online censorship could jeopardize internet freedom worldwide (Michigan News, 11-6-2019), Roya Ensafi
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Study: Russia’s web-censoring tool sets pace for imitators (AP News11-6-2019), Roya Ensafi & Alex Halderman
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The case against predictability (CBC, 11-1-2019), John Cheyney-Lippold
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Unlocking Big Data (University of Michigan YouTube channel, 10-30-2019), H.V. Jagadish
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This Video Watches You Back (Scientific American, 10-24-2019), Florian Schaub
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U-M researchers invent technology that scans the internet; now Google is a client (A4 - All About Ann Arbor, 10-24-2019), Alex Halderman
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U-M receives $2M NSF grant to explore data equity systems (The University Record, 9-25-2019), H.V. Jagadish
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Drone equipped with nail gun can fix the roof so you don't have to (New Scientist, 9-20-2019), Ella Atkins
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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