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Michael A. Specter 👻

@mikespecter.com

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 24/04/2026

Someone at my university's licensing office posted a ton of flyers trying to get our students to file patents. An enterprising grad student took that personally and stuck a flyer advertising the GPL below _every_ one.

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 02/10/2025

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 29/09/2025

Today, my research group @ Georgia Tech released a paper on vulnerabilities in Tile --- the second largest device finding network after Apple's AirTags. You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social! www.wired.com/story/tile-t...

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 02/05/2025

This paper confirms all of my biases: Apparently the effort required for one top-tier paper in security and privacy == three ML papers. arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16623

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 21/01/2025

Shout out to the best sticker from Shmoocon '25:

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 01/12/2023

Hello World: I have two slots open for CS PhD students in my lab @ Georgia Tech!  I hack on projects in cryptography, systems security, and privacy, with a focus on work that is relevant to public policy. Drop me a line or check out my bio for more info!

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 04/11/2023

It’s only been a few months of exploring ATL, but I’m already a huge fan. Atlanta has an awesome art scene!

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