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Jake Chanenson

@jchanenson.bsky.social
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I spend my time thinking and writing about HCI + privacy and tech policy. PhD student @UChicago; formerly a research intern at Google in Privacy, Safety and Security.

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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
for those getting into contextual integrity or just needing a refresher: privaci.info/glossary
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Privacy in Context — Interactive CI Glossary
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
How can generative #AI better support youth with disabilities and neurodivergent youth? Join us at the Safe and Accessible AI for Youth with Disabilities and Neurodivergence Workshop at ASSETS 2026. Submissions are due 8/14 www.youthaisafety.com/workshops/20... #ASSETS #YouthandAI #accessibility
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Safe and Accessible AI for Youth with Disabilities and Neurodivergence – ASSETS 2026 Workshop
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Marshini @ineffablicious.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
How did students figure out rules around ChatGPT when it first came out especially in under resourced schools? cs.uchicago.edu/news/when-ch...
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When Chatbots Come To Class: How High School Students Are Navigating the New AI Frontier - Department of Computer Science
In high schools across the United States, students are encountering a new kind of classroom test: one that doesn’t appear on paper. The challenge is learning to navigate a fast-evolving digital landsc...
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Lots of people use CI in their papers -- CI is tricky see the bingo for common pitfalls privaci.info/ci_washing_b...
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CI Washing Bingo
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Adam Konig | Play Mischief on steam! 🐀 @konig.games · 01/07/2026
My biggest pet peeve is that there's a ton of scam websites that are "Free QR Code Generator"s then the QR code stops working after a few days and then redirects you to ask you to PAY to re-activate it. I made a page on website for making ACTUALLY FREE QR Codes. Enjoy. konig.games/QRCodes/ #QRCodes
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Had a great chat with @penney.bsky.social on his new book Chilling Effects. Take a listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/chilling-eff...
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Jonathon W. Penney, "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Hey Chicago people! The Tech for Good Conference is February 27-28, 2026 at the University of Chicago. (It's also hybrid). Check out their website for a full line up and registration: techforgoodconference.org As a teaser, this is the panel I am very fortunate to be moderating
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Marshini @ineffablicious.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Excited to be doing this with our dream team - @jchanenson.bsky.social, Tammy Clegg, @vitak.bsky.social, Yaman Yu, and Diana Freed
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Call for Papers: How does generative #AI shape youth risk and agency? We invite short papers, design proposals & ideas for our CHI 2026 workshop! Join researchers & designers to map out responsible, empowering youth-AI engagement. Submit today & help shape the future! www.youthaisafety.com/
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Developmentally Safe Generative AI Environments for Youth – CHI 2026 Workshop
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
data quality issues are often top of mind for me. How LLMs affect platforms like Prolific is somewhat of an open question. The following sheds some light: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal. Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly. Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@profhilaryallen.bsky.social stopped by to chat about "Fintech Dystopia" on the podcast this week. It's a bit of a topic shift from my usual privacy/STS focus but the book was just too interesting not to have her on. newbooksnetwork.com/hilary-allen...
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Hilary Allen, "Fintech Dystopia: A Summer Beach Read about Silicon Valley Ruining Things" (2025) - New Books Network
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
A little bit late on this but I had a wonderful chat with @josemarichal.bsky.social about his new book "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem." Take a listen here! newbooksnetwork.com/you-must-bec...
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José Marichal, "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem: Renegotiating the Socio-Technical Contract" (Policy Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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José Marichal @josemarichal.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I'm included in this cool edited volume on digital sovereignty in the @openhumanities.bsky.social journal Communication + 1 My contribution is entitled "Data rights reconsidered: Reimagining digital freedom through Lefebvre’s Right to the City" but the entire volume is worth a read.
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Data rights reconsidered: Reimagining digital freedom through Lefebvre’s Right to the City
This article explores an expanded conceptualization of data rights by drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s “right to the city” framework and engaging with the work of contemporary philosopher Byung-Chul Han. I...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/07/2025
A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you.
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Choosing the VPN That's Right for You
VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network.” When you connect to a VPN, all data that you send (such as the requests to servers when browsing the web) appears to originate from the VPN itself, rather tha...
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The ebook economy is so outrageous. I needed the most recent Norton Anthology of American Literature, but my library doesn't have it. So I bought it for $50. $50 gives you access for 180 days, and you can download 64 discrete "sections." Kate Chopin alone has dozens of sections.
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Ian Linkletter @linkletter.org · 24/06/2025
Piazza is a course discussion platform used by many colleges and universities. Piazza requires students to provide the following information when signing up. From 2017-2019, Palantir Technologies paid Piazza $916,000 for access to this data. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
"Add additional information to your Piazza profile

Diversity & Inclusion – select one or more (required)

Let's harness the power of human difference to help solve some of the world’s hardest problems with employers on Piazza Network.

A list of checkboxes follows, labeled as:

    Female
    Male
    Non-binary
    American Indian or Indigenous Peoples
    Asian
    Black or African American
    Hispanic or Latino
    Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
    White or Caucasian
    Veteran or served in the Armed Services
    First-generation college student
    Living with a disability
    Member of the LGBTQ community
    National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

Each of the 3 sections above are required by the Piazza Network.""Add additional information to your Piazza profile"

Checkboxes from previous screenshot continue:

"- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Women in Computer Science (WiCS)
- Prefer not to share"

Next, a section titled:

"Visa requirement to work in the U.S. (required)

- I am a US citizen
- To work in the US, I do not require sponsorship for an employment authorizing status or visa immediately, nor in the future
- To work in the US, I will require sponsorship for an employment authorizing status or visa in the future
- To work in the US, I will require sponsorship for an employment authorizing status or visa immediately
- Not applicable / Prefer not to share

Next is a field labeled:

"Personal email (non-school, example: name@email.com) (required)"

"Employers may need to use this to communicate with you as part of the Piazza Network."

"Each of the 3 sections above are required by the Piazza Network."
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
timothyburke.substack.com/p/academia-s...
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Academia: Self-Infliction
Thursday's Child Doesn't Have Far to Go If They Don't Cut it Out Pronto
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/03/2025
No method of age verification is both privacy-protective and entirely accurate. Introducing these laws is dangerous, and expanding them to things like skincare, dating apps, and diet pills has enormous unintended consequences for your personal data.
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First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the transgender”)...
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I had a great conversation with @daniel-solove.bsky.social about his new book! Check it out here: newbooksnetwork.com/on-privacy-a...
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Daniel J. Solove, "On Privacy and Technology" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/02/2025
Congress is debating a bill that will lead to weaponized takedown requests of lawful speech with no real safeguards. Tell Congress to vote No on TAKE IT DOWN.
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The TAKE IT DOWN Act Will Censor Legal Speech Without Helping Victims
Congress is pushing a dangerous internet censorship bill, the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146/H.R.633), and we need your help to stop it. While this bill claims to fight the spread of non-consensual intimate...
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Christopher Parsons (he/him/his) @christopher-parsons.com · 14/01/2025
Are you (or someone you know) interested in working at the intersection of privacy and technology? If so, then I've got some great news!
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Me, hiding under the bed: Armed robber: Me: Armed robber: Me: Armed robber: Interaction design, interface design... they sound very similar, aren't they basically the same thing? Me: ACTUALLY
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Interaction's interactions.acm.org/archive/view... Inspired me to write the following silly short story jakec007.github.io/2025-01-12-t...
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The Wizard’s Mirror
In a distant kingdom, a group of royal architects was tasked with designing a new marketplace for the townsfolk. The king wanted it to be the grandest, most efficient marketplace ever built. However, ...
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
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Austin Corbett @austincorbett.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Here is a list of every app on your phone selling your location data to advertisers, interested unknown 3rd parties, and the US government. Thanks to 404 Media and @josephcox.bsky.social : docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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gravy_app_list
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I'm a cybersecurity professional. My greatest hits include: "You can't build an e2ee backdoor only good guys can use," "Your digital letters of marquee will not work out the way you think," and "I see you're trying to apply a technical solution to a social problem."
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Instead of working I have been uploading (already public) photos to this delightful site theyseeyourphotos.com You should really try this out it is so much fun
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They See Your Photos
Upload a photo to find out how much an AI sees.
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Lorrie Cranor wrote up a neat piece in Communications about Notice and Choice It reminded me that you need to opt-in to Global Privacy Control on Firefox. Here is a catch-all resource on how to set that up: globalprivacycontrol.org#download Check your GPC status: global-privacy-control.glitch.me
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Darin Self @darinself.com · 29/11/2024
Every academic right now
A version of the kermit vs darth kermit meme where good kermit tells the online academic that they should grade, while darth kermit tells them they should eat more pie.
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Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer · 27/11/2024
"How to make a good talk (and why are academics so bad at this)?" I wanted to give advice to an undergrad based on what I think is missing from (or wrong about) most advice out there on giving a talk. Would love to hear people's thoughts on this (especially academics hehe).
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How to make a good talk (and why are academics so bad at this)?
Some guidance based on what I think a lot of academics fail to realize about what makes a good talk.
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Thomas Kadri @thomaskadri.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Dilemmas in Digital Abuse is published under my name; Cybercrime Scenarios is co-authored with Samuel Won. Both are open-access materials that you may use/assign/adapt for free under a @creativecommons.bsky.social license! Or buy paperbacks on Lulu: lulu.com/search?contr...
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Jennifer Urban @jenniferurban.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Spread the word! The California Privacy Protection Agency is seeking its next Executive Director. Apply by Dec. 6 for an exciting opportunity to lead a dynamic agency at the forefront of privacy protection and policy in California. calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
The image promotes the job opportunity of Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency.

The center of the image is a navy blue box with yellow and white letters saying "Join our Team," "Executive Director," "Apply by December 6," and  "California Privacy Protection Agency." The center text is surrounded by 4 photos of people in business wear talking to one another and listening to presentations.
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