Yash Vekaria

yash-vekaria.bsky.social

23 March 2026 18:55

What really happens after you provide your personal information when filling out online “quotes”? This week, I presented my research on data collection, brokerage, and spam in lead marketing ecosystem (w/ Nurullah Demir, @kollnig.net, @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social) to FTC in Washington DC.

Yash Vekaria

yash-vekaria.bsky.social

20 March 2026 17:14

The same tracking pixel on two websites can be configured completely differently to track varying user details. 🚨In our @acm-imc.bsky.social 2026 paper (w/ @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social), we perform longitudinal measurement of Meta pixel to study its tracking configurations employed by websites.

Yash Vekaria

yash-vekaria.bsky.social

05 February 2026 23:45

Excited to share that my research (w/ @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social, @kollnig.net, Nurullah) on "Understanding Data Collection, Brokerage, and Spam in the Lead Marketing Ecosystem" has been accepted for presentation at the 3rd FTC Conference on Marketing and Public Policy 2026 in Washington D.C.

Yash Vekaria

yash-vekaria.bsky.social

18 December 2025 04:19

My research (w/ @zubair-shafiq.bsky.social) on Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) was cited in complaints filed today by Attorney General Ken Paxton against 5 major smart TV brands—LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, and Hisense—alleged for spying on Texans via ACR. texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

Julia Angwin

juliaangwin.com

25 October 2025 14:40

Come work with me! I'm hiring a data scientist to join me at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...