Yale Privacy Lab

Investigating Privacy Harm

Digital devices collect a trove of information about people and their behavior. Big Tech surveillance and poor handling of this data lead to privacy harm. We're documenting examples during the 2024-2025 academic year. Contact Us if you'd like to help.


Tracking Mobile Trackers

The Android and iOS ecosystems are a privacy minefield, filled with malware and untrustworthy software. Since 2017, we've been digging into the world of mobile trackers, hidden code that runs inside the majority of apps. Find Out More...


Building the Privacy Frontier

May 11, 2023 @ 1:00PM - 5:30PM EDT

Want to learn about the future of digital privacy? Join us online for a discussion of recent developments in emerging privacy and anonymity technologies, with presentations by builders and architects of free and open-source software projects. We'll talk about anonymous mix networks, cryptocurrency, and detection of data snooping by intermediaries.