Rishab Nithyanand

75 papers A* 10A 9B 1Misc 1Journal 45Unranked 9

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	Examining the Role of YouTube Production and Consumption Dynamics on the Formation of Extreme Ideologies. CoRR Sarmad Chandio, Rishab Nithyanand
2026	J	`jnl`	I Want to Believe (but the Vocabulary Changed): Measuring the Semantic Structure and Evolution of Conspiracy Theories. CoRR Manisha Keim, Sarmad Chandio, Osama Khalid, Rishab Nithyanand
2026	J	`jnl`	On the Suitability of LLM-Driven Agents for Dark Pattern Audits. CoRR Chen Sun, Yash Vekaria, Rishab Nithyanand
2026	J	`jnl`	Turning Trust to Transactions: Tracking Affiliate Marketing and FTC Compliance in YouTube's Influencer Economy. CoRR Chen Sun, Yash Vekaria, Zubair Shafiq, Rishab Nithyanand
2026	—	`conf`	What Obstructed Skies Teach Us About Satellite Internet. NINeS Bhaskar Kataria, Hammas Bin Tanveer, Rishab Nithyanand, Rachee Singh
2025	J	`jnl`	Mind the IP Gap: Measuring the impact of IPv6 on DNS censorship. CoRR Ian Martiny, Hammas Bin Tanveer, Jack Wampler, Rishab Nithyanand, Eric Wustrow
2025	J	`jnl`	ProtoScan: Measuring censorship in IPv6. CoRR Jack Wampler, Hammas Bin Tanveer, Rishab Nithyanand, Eric Wustrow
2025	J	`jnl`	Searching for Affirmation: How Partisan Audiences on Google Search Induce an Abortion-Related Filter Bubble Effect. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. Hussam Habib, Ryan Stoldt, Andrew High, Brian Ekdale, Ashley M. Peterson, Katy Biddle, Javie Ssozi, Rishab Nithyanand
2025	J	`jnl`	YouTube Recommendations Reinforce Negative Emotions: Auditing Algorithmic Bias with Emotionally-Agentic Sock Puppets. CoRR Hussam Habib, Rishab Nithyanand
2024	J	`jnl`	Algorithmic amplification of biases on Google Search. CoRR Hussam Habib, Ryan Stoldt, Andrew High, Brian Ekdale, Ashley M. Peterson, Katy Biddle, Javie Ssozi, Rishab Nithyanand
2024	A*	`conf`	C3PA: An Open Dataset of Expert-Annotated and Regulation-Aware Privacy Policies to Enable Scalable Regulatory Compliance Audits. EMNLP Maaz Bin Musa, Steven M. Winston, Garrison Allen, Jacob Schiller, Kevin Moore, Sean Quick, Johnathan Melvin, Padmini Srinivasan, Mihailis Diamantis, Rishab Nithyanand
2024	J	`jnl`	C3PA: An Open Dataset of Expert-Annotated and Regulation-Aware Privacy Policies to Enable Scalable Regulatory Compliance Audits. CoRR Maaz Bin Musa, Steven M. Winston, Garrison Allen, Jacob Schiller, Kevin Moore, Sean Quick, Johnathan Melvin, Padmini Srinivasan, Mihailis E. Diamantis, Rishab Nithyanand
2024	A	`conf`	How Audit Methods Impact Our Understanding of YouTube's Recommendation Systems. ICWSM Sarmad Chandio, Muhammad Daniyal Pirwani Dar, Rishab Nithyanand
2024	A*	`conf`	The Inventory is Dark and Full of Misinformation: Understanding Ad Inventory Pooling in the Ad-Tech Supply Chain. SP Yash Vekaria, Rishab Nithyanand, Zubair Shafiq
2024	J	`jnl`	Turning the Tide on Dark Pools? Towards Multi-Stakeholder Vulnerability Notifications in the Ad-Tech Supply Chain. CoRR Yash Vekaria, Rishab Nithyanand, Zubair Shafiq
2024	J	`jnl`	Uncovering the Interaction Equation: Quantifying the Effect of User Interactions on Social Media Homepage Recommendations. CoRR Hussam Habib, Ryan Stoldt, Raven Maragh, Brian Ekdale, Rishab Nithyanand
2023	A*	`conf`	Glowing in the Dark: Uncovering IPv6 Address Discovery and Scanning Strategies in the Wild. USENIX Security Symposium Hammas Bin Tanveer, Rachee Singh, Paul Pearce, Rishab Nithyanand
2023	J	`jnl`	How Auditing Methodologies Can Impact Our Understanding of YouTube's Recommendation Systems. CoRR Sarmad Chandio, Daniyal Pirwani Dar, Rishab Nithyanand
2023	—	`conf`	Making Sense of Constellations: Methodologies for Understanding Starlink's Scheduling Algorithms. CoNEXT (Short Papers) Hammas Bin Tanveer, Mike Puchol, Rachee Singh, Antonio Bianchi, Rishab Nithyanand
2023	J	`jnl`	Making Sense of Constellations: Methodologies for Understanding Starlink's Scheduling Algorithms. CoRR Hammas Bin Tanveer, Mike Puchol, Rachee Singh, Antonio Bianchi, Rishab Nithyanand
2023	A	`conf`	The Morbid Realities of Social Media: An Investigation into the Narratives Shared by the Deceased Victims of COVID-19. ICWSM Hussam Habib, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	J	`jnl`	ATOM: A Generalizable Technique for Inferring Tracker-Advertiser Data Sharing in the Online Behavioral Advertising Ecosystem. CoRR Maaz Bin Musa, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	J	`jnl`	ATOM: Ad-network Tomography. Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol. Maaz Bin Musa, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	A	`conf`	Are Proactive Interventions for Reddit Communities Feasible? ICWSM Hussam Habib, Maaz Bin Musa, Muhammad Fareed Zaffar, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	A	`conf`	Exploring the Magnitude and Effects of Media Influence on Reddit Moderation. ICWSM Hussam Habib, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	J	`jnl`	Glowing in the Dark Uncovering IPv6 Address Discovery and Scanning Strategies in the Wild. CoRR Hammas Bin Tanveer, Rachee Singh, Paul Pearce, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	J	`jnl`	Making a Radical Misogynist: How Online Social Engagement with the Manosphere Influences Traits of Radicalization. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. Hussam Habib, Padmini Srinivasan, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	J	`jnl`	Making a Radical Misogynist: How online social engagement with the Manosphere influences traits of radicalization. CoRR Hussam Habib, Padmini Srinivasan, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	J	`jnl`	Paying Attention to the Algorithm Behind the Curtain: Bringing Transparency to YouTube's Demonetization Algorithms. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. Arun Dunna, Katherine A. Keith, Ethan Zuckerman, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Brendan O'Connor, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	J	`jnl`	The Inventory is Dark and Full of Misinformation: Understanding the Abuse of Ad Inventory Pooling in the Ad-Tech Supply Chain. CoRR Yash Vekaria, Rishab Nithyanand, Zubair Shafiq
2022	J	`jnl`	The Morbid Realities of Social Media: An Investigation into the Misinformation Shared by the Deceased Victims of COVID-19. CoRR Hussam Habib, Rishab Nithyanand
2022	A	`conf`	When Are Cache-Oblivious Algorithms Cache Adaptive? A Case Study of Matrix Multiplication and Sorting. ESA Arghya Bhattacharya, Abiyaz Chowdhury, Helen Xu, Rathish Das, Rezaul Alam Chowdhury, Rob Johnson, Rishab Nithyanand, Michael A. Bender
2021	J	`jnl`	Are Proactive Interventions for Reddit Communities Feasible? CoRR Hussam Habib, Maaz Bin Musa, Fareed Zaffar, Rishab Nithyanand
2021	J	`jnl`	Reddit and the Fourth Estate: Exploring the magnitude and effects of media influence on community level moderation on Reddit. CoRR Hussam Habib, Rishab Nithyanand
2020	A*	`conf`	Apophanies or Epiphanies? How Crawlers Impact Our Understanding of the Web. WWW Syed Suleman Ahmad, Muhammad Daniyal Dar, Muhammad Fareed Zaffar, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Rishab Nithyanand
2020	B	`conf`	Extortion or Expansion? An Investigation into the Costs and Consequences of ICANN's gTLD Experiments. PAM Shahrooz Pouryousef, Muhammad Daniyal Dar, Suleman Ahmad, Phillipa Gill, Rishab Nithyanand
2020	J	`jnl`	Inferring Tracker-Advertiser Relationships in the Online Advertising Ecosystem using Header Bidding. Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol. John Cook, Rishab Nithyanand, Zubair Shafiq
2019	J	`jnl`	Inferring Tracker-Advertiser Relationships in the Online Advertising Ecosystem using Header Bidding. CoRR John Cook, Rishab Nithyanand, Zubair Shafiq
2019	J	`jnl`	To Act or React: Investigating Proactive Strategies For Online Community Moderation. CoRR Hussam Habib, Maaz Bin Musa, Fareed Zaffar, Rishab Nithyanand
2018	A*	`conf`	Apps, Trackers, Privacy, and Regulators: A Global Study of the Mobile Tracking Ecosystem. NDSS Abbas Razaghpanah, Rishab Nithyanand, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Srikanth Sundaresan, Mark Allman, Christian Kreibich, Phillipa Gill
2018	—	`conf`	Characterizing the Nature and Dynamics of Tor Exit Blocking. ANRW Rachee Singh, Rishab Nithyanand, Sadia Afroz, Paul Pearce, Michael Carl Tschantz, Phillipa Gill, Vern Paxson
2017	A	`conf`	A Churn for the Better: Localizing Censorship using Network-level Path Churn and Network Tomography. CoNEXT Shinyoung Cho, Rishab Nithyanand, Abbas Razaghpanah, Phillipa Gill
2017	J	`jnl`	A Churn for the Better: Localizing Censorship using Network-level Path Churn and Network Tomography. CoRR Shinyoung Cho, Rishab Nithyanand, Abbas Razaghpanah, Phillipa Gill
2017	A*	`conf`	Characterizing the Nature and Dynamics of Tor Exit Blocking. USENIX Security Symposium Rachee Singh, Rishab Nithyanand, Sadia Afroz, Paul Pearce, Michael Carl Tschantz, Phillipa Gill, Vern Paxson
2017	—	`conf`	Measuring Offensive Speech in Online Political Discourse. FOCI @ USENIX Security Symposium Rishab Nithyanand, Brian Schaffner, Phillipa Gill
2017	J	`jnl`	Measuring Offensive Speech in Online Political Discourse. CoRR Rishab Nithyanand, Brian Schaffner, Phillipa Gill
2017	J	`jnl`	Online Political Discourse in the Trump Era. CoRR Rishab Nithyanand, Brian Schaffner, Phillipa Gill
2016	J	`jnl`	Ad-Blocking and Counter Blocking: A Slice of the Arms Race. CoRR Rishab Nithyanand, Sheharbano Khattak, Mobin Javed, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Marjan Falahrastegar, Julia E. Powles, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Hamed Haddadi, Steven J. Murdoch
2016	—	`conf`	Adblocking and Counter Blocking: A Slice of the Arms Race. FOCI Rishab Nithyanand, Sheharbano Khattak, Mobin Javed, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Marjan Falahrastegar, Julia E. Powles, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Hamed Haddadi, Steven J. Murdoch
2016	J	`jnl`	Exploring the Design Space of Longitudinal Censorship Measurement Platforms. CoRR Abbas Razaghpanah, Anke Li, Arturo Filastò, Rishab Nithyanand, Vasilis Ververis, Will Scott, Phillipa Gill
2016	A	`conf`	Games without Frontiers: Investigating Video Games as a Covert Channel. EuroS&P Bridger Hahn, Rishab Nithyanand, Phillipa Gill, Rob Johnson
2016	J	`jnl`	Holding all the ASes: Identifying and Circumventing the Pitfalls of AS-aware Tor Client Design. CoRR Rishab Nithyanand, Rachee Singh, Shinyoung Cho, Phillipa Gill
2016	A*	`conf`	Measuring and Mitigating AS-level Adversaries Against Tor. NDSS Rishab Nithyanand, Oleksii Starov, Phillipa Gill, Adva Zair, Michael Schapira
2016	J	`jnl`	The Adblocking Tug-of-War. login Usenix Mag. Hamed Haddadi, Rishab Nithyanand, Sheharbano Khattak, Mobin Javed, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Marjan Falahrastegar, Julia E. Powles, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Steven J. Murdoch
2016	J	`jnl`	Tracking the Trackers: Towards Understanding the Mobile Advertising and Tracking Ecosystem. CoRR Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Srikanth Sundaresan, Abbas Razaghpanah, Rishab Nithyanand, Mark Allman, Christian Kreibich, Phillipa Gill
2015	J	`jnl`	Games Without Frontiers: Investigating Video Games as a Covert Channel. CoRR Bridger Hahn, Rishab Nithyanand, Phillipa Gill, Rob Johnson
2015	J	`jnl`	Measuring and mitigating AS-level adversaries against Tor. CoRR Rishab Nithyanand, Oleksii Starov, Adva Zair, Phillipa Gill, Michael Schapira
2014	A*	`conf`	A Systematic Approach to Developing and Evaluating Website Fingerprinting Defenses. CCS Xiang Cai, Rishab Nithyanand, Tao Wang, Rob Johnson, Ian Goldberg
2014	—	`conf`	CS-BuFLO: A Congestion Sensitive Website Fingerprinting Defense. WPES Xiang Cai, Rishab Nithyanand, Rob Johnson
2014	A*	`conf`	Effective Attacks and Provable Defenses for Website Fingerprinting. USENIX Security Symposium Tao Wang, Xiang Cai, Rishab Nithyanand, Rob Johnson, Ian Goldberg
2014	—	`conf`	Glove: A Bespoke Website Fingerprinting Defense. WPES Rishab Nithyanand, Xiang Cai, Rob Johnson
2014	J	`jnl`	How Best to Handle a Dicey Situation. CoRR Rishab Nithyanand, Jonathan Toohill, Rob Johnson
2014	J	`jnl`	New Approaches to Website Fingerprinting Defenses. CoRR Xiang Cai, Rishab Nithyanand, Rob Johnson
2013	J	`jnl`	Can Jannie verify? Usability of display-equipped RFID tags for security purposes. J. Comput. Secur. Alfred Kobsa, Rishab Nithyanand, Gene Tsudik, Ersin Uzun
2013	—	`conf`	The password allocation problem: strategies for reusing passwords effectively. WPES Rishab Nithyanand, Rob Johnson
2012	—	`conf`	A Theoretical Analysis: Physical Unclonable Functions and the Software Protection Problem. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops Rishab Nithyanand, John Solis
2011	A*	`conf`	Poster: making the case for intrinsic personal physical unclonable functions (IP-PUFs). CCS Rishab Nithyanand, Radu Sion, John Solis
2011	A	`conf`	Usability of Display-Equipped RFID Tags for Security Purposes. ESORICS Alfred Kobsa, Rishab Nithyanand, Gene Tsudik, Ersin Uzun
2011	J	`jnl`	User-aided reader revocation in PKI-based RFID systems. J. Comput. Secur. Rishab Nithyanand, Gene Tsudik, Ersin Uzun
2010	Misc	`conf`	Groupthink: usability of secure group association for wireless devices. UbiComp Rishab Nithyanand, Nitesh Saxena, Gene Tsudik, Ersin Uzun
2010	A	`conf`	Readers Behaving Badly - Reader Revocation in PKI-Based RFID Systems. ESORICS Rishab Nithyanand, Gene Tsudik, Ersin Uzun
2009	J	`jnl`	A Survey on the Evolution of Cryptographic Protocols in ePassports. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Rishab Nithyanand
2009	J	`jnl`	Fuzzy Privacy Preserving Peer-to-Peer Reputation Management. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Rishab Nithyanand, Karthik Raman
2009	J	`jnl`	Readers Behaving Badly: Reader Revocation in PKI-Based RFID Systems. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Rishab Nithyanand, Gene Tsudik, Ersin Uzun
2009	J	`jnl`	Securing Plastic Money Using an RFID Based Protocol Stack. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Rishab Nithyanand