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Cybersecurity

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NSF CISE

How the National Science Foundation Is Advancing Computer and Information Science Research

September 7, 2022
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Cryptography

Can WhatsApp Messages Be Secure and Encrypted—but Traceable at the Same Time?

August 10, 2022
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Reproductive Rights

POV: End of Roe v. Wade and Right to Abortion Will Impact Research, Says ENG Professor

July 6, 2022
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Awards & Accolades

BU Sloan Fellowship Winner Mark Bun on Data Privacy, Embracing Failure, Baking Cakes

April 6, 2022
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Inventing

Engineering Scholar Greg Blonder Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

December 14, 2021
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Social Media

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

October 5, 2021
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CONTACT TRACING

Why “Bidirectional” Contact Tracing Could Drastically Curb Coronavirus Spread—Especially the B-117 Strain

January 21, 2021
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Contact Tracing

Contact Tracing App Warns of COVID-19 Exposure while Protecting Privacy

April 15, 2020
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Privacy At A Price

Is There a Hidden Cost to Opting Out of Internet Cookies?

February 27, 2020
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Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019
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Cybersecurity

How Fitbits, Other Bluetooth Devices Make Us Vulnerable to Tracking

July 17, 2019

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