David Choffnes All Experts

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science

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The new iPhone is here. Is Apple slowing down your old device to make you buy the new one?

The new iPhone XR comes out today, and conspiracy theorists want to know whether Apple will slow down customers’ old iPhones to make them buy…
- by Emily Arntsen October 26, 2018
Is your refrigerator spying on you?

Are smart devices collecting data on us while they’re supposed to be off? That’s what Northeastern assistant professor David Choffnes and his colleagues are studying.
- by Molly Callahan September 25, 2018
New research shows that, post net neutrality, internet providers are slowing down your streaming

YouTube resolution down again? Through a collaboration with another Massachusetts university, this Northeastern team unveils exactly who’s responsible.
- by Aria Bracci and Lia Petronio September 10, 2018
Is your smartphone spying on you?

New research by Northeastern faculty and students shows that popular smartphone apps can secretly take screenshots of your phone activity and send it to third…
- by Bill Ibelle July 6, 2018
Worried about your Facebook data? Read this.

Last weekend, The New York Times revealed that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica misused data from as many as 50 million Facebook profiles to aid…
- by Shannon Nargi March 26, 2018
Cambridge Analytica, Facebook data collection a ‘breach of trust’ not security

Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica had obtained data on 50 million Facebook users—information it used in the…
- by Molly Callahan March 20, 2018
Northeastern professor scores a victory for detecting net neutrality

Wehe is a mobile app that can detect when an internet service provider is violating net neutrality rules. The app, created by assistant professor David…
- by Allie Nicodemo January 25, 2018
What loss of net neutrality could mean for consumers, content providers

Twitter, Facebook, and dozens of other websites participated in a virtual protest to protect net neutrality last week. “The internet is critical infrastructure. So much…
- by Jason Kornwitz July 17, 2017
This message will ‘self-destruct’ in 3, 2…

Some members of the Trump administration have begun using Confide, an encrypted messaging app that deletes chats once they are read. We asked assistant professor…
- by Jason Kornwitz February 22, 2017
App vs. website: Which best protects your privacy? It depends

Both apps and websites leak personal information, including names, gender, phone numbers, and e-mail. But don't despair. Northeastern researchers, led by assistant professor David Choffnes,…
- by Thea Singer September 12, 2016

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The new iPhone is here. Is Apple slowing down your old device to make you buy the new one?

Is your refrigerator spying on you?

New research shows that, post net neutrality, internet providers are slowing down your streaming

Is your smartphone spying on you?

Worried about your Facebook data? Read this.

Cambridge Analytica, Facebook data collection a ‘breach of trust’ not security

Northeastern professor scores a victory for detecting net neutrality

What loss of net neutrality could mean for consumers, content providers

This message will ‘self-destruct’ in 3, 2…

App vs. website: Which best protects your privacy? It depends

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