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Our work combines foundational research with community engagement to ensure technology empowers those working to end IPV and related social ills. Peer-reviewed academic publications are listed below; resources and other documentation regarding our advocacy can be found here

Publications

Emily Tseng, Rosanna Bellini, Yuek Lee Yu, Lana Ramjit, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.

Data Stewardship in Clinical Computer Security: Balancing Benefit and Burden in Participatory Systems. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Issue CSCW. 2024.

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Arkaprabha Bhattachara, Kevin Lee, Vineeth Ravi, Jessica Staddon, and Rosanna Bellini.
Shortchanged: Uncovering and Analyzing Intimate Partner Financial Abuse in Consumer Complaints.
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2024.

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Rosanna Bellini, Emily Tseng, Noel Warford, Alaa Daffalla, Tara Matthews, Sunny Consolvo, Jill Woelfer, Patrick Gage Kelley, Michelle Mazurek, Dana Cuomo, Nicola Dell, and Thomas Ristenpart.

SoK: Safer Digital-Safety Research Involving At-Risk Users

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland). 2024.

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Alaa Daffalla, Marina Bohuk, Nicola Dell, Rosanna Bellini, and Thomas Ristenpart.

Account Security Interfaces: Important, Unintuitive, and Untrustworthy.

In USENIX’23 Security Symposium, 2023

Distinguished Paper Award

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Rosanna Bellini, Kevin Lee, Megan A Brown, Jeremy Shaffer, Rasika Bhalerao, and Thomas Ristenpart.

The Digital-Safety Risks of Financial Technologies for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.

USENIX Security Symposium. 2023. 

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Rosanna Bellini.

Paying the Price: When Intimate Partners Use Technology for Financial Harm

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2023.

Best Paper Award

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Enze Liu, Sumanth Rao, Sam Havron, Grant Ho, Stefan Savage, Geoffrey M. Voelker, Damon McCoy

No Privacy Among Spies: Assessing the Functionality and Insecurity of Consumer Android Spyware Apps

Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PoPETS). 2023.

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Janet X. Chen, Allison McDonald, Yixin Zou, Emily Tseng, Kevin A Roundy, Acar Tamersoy, Florian Schaub, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.
Trauma-Informed Computing: Towards Safer Technology Experiences for All.

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2022.

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Emily Tseng, Mehrnaz Sabet, Rosanna Bellini, Harkiran Kaur Sodhi, Thomas Ristenpart, and Nicola Dell.

Care Infrastructures for Digital Security in Intimate Partner Violence.

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). 2022. 

Best Paper Award

Media coverage: Cornell Chronicle

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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. 

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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

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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 

Media coverage: Input Magazine

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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)

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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).

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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 

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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.

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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 TimesVoxFreedom to Tinker (Princeton CITP)

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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 

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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.

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Selected Press

Wireless lobby tangles future of domestic violence bill - Axios

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US lawsuit takes aim at ‘weapon of choice’ for stalkers - Al Jazeera

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Unwanted Connection: Who Has Control of Your Smart Home? - The New York Times

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How to spot the software that could be spying on you​ - The BBC

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A bill aims to stop abusers stalking ex-partners - The Guardian

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

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

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

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

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

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Hacker Eva Galperin has a plan to eradicate stalkerware - WIRED

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How a mobile spyware scan helps free abuse victims - GCN

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

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No safe haven for victims of digital abuse - Slate

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

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New tools help detect digital domestic abuse - Cornell Chronicle

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

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

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

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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, JPMorgan, and Engaged Cornell. 

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