publications

2025

2025

  1. PETS
    Lost in Translation: Exploring the Risks of Web-to-Cross-platform Application Migration
    Claudio Paloscia, Kostas Solomos, Mir Masood Ali, and Jason Polakis
    In Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, 2025

2024

2024

  1. CCS
    Unbundle-Rewrite-Rebundle: Runtime Detection and Rewriting of Privacy-Harming Code in JavaScript Bundles
    Mir Masood Ali, Peter Snyder, Chris Kanich, and Hamed Haddadi
    In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Oct 2024
  2. USENIX
    Rise of Inspectron: Automated Black-box Auditing of Cross-platform Electron Apps
    Mir Masood Ali, Mohammad Ghasemisharif, Chris Kanich, and Jason Polakis
    In 33rd USENIX Security Symposium, Aug 2024
  3. USENIX
    Fledging Will Continue Until Privacy Improves: Empirical Analysis of Google’s Privacy-Preserving Targeted Advertising
    Giuseppe Calderonio, Mir Masood Ali, and Jason Polakis
    In 33rd USENIX Security Symposium, Aug 2024
  4. SOUPS
    "I would not install an app with this label": Privacy Label Impact on Risk Perception and Willingness to Install iOS Apps
    David G. Balash, Mir Masood Ali, Chris Kanich, and Adam J. Aviv
    In Twentieth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, Aug 2024
  5. PETS
    Honesty is the Best Policy: On the Accuracy of Apple Privacy Labels Compared to Apps’ Privacy Policies
    Mir Masood Ali, David G. Balash, Monica Kodwani, Chris Kanich, and Adam J. Aviv
    In Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, Aug 2024

2023

2023

  1. NDSS
    Navigating Murky Waters: Automated Browser Feature Testing for Uncovering Tracking Vectors
    Mir Masood Ali, Binoy Chitale, Mohammad Ghasemisharif, Chris Kanich, Nick Nikiforakis, and Jason Polakis
    In Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, Aug 2023