Anna Lysyanskaya
@annalysyanskaya.bsky.social
www.cs.brown.edu/~anna
CS Prof @ Brown. Cryptography, especially privacy-preserving protocols, such as anonymous credentials. she/her
American, originally from Ukraine.
CS Prof @ Brown. Cryptography, especially privacy-preserving protocols, such as anonymous credentials. she/her
American, originally from Ukraine.
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USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸
My favorite moment from yesterday’s #NoKings protest, veterans around me and a crowd of thousands of protestors chanting USA!
My favorite moment from yesterday’s #NoKings protest, veterans around me and a crowd of thousands of protestors chanting USA!
October 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸
My favorite moment from yesterday’s #NoKings protest, veterans around me and a crowd of thousands of protestors chanting USA!
My favorite moment from yesterday’s #NoKings protest, veterans around me and a crowd of thousands of protestors chanting USA!
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#NoKings in Providence, Rhode Island #nokingsri
October 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#NoKings in Providence, Rhode Island #nokingsri
The turmoil last Spring was only the beginning...
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
www.theatlantic.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The turmoil last Spring was only the beginning...
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No president can decide how Americans vote — that power belongs to the states. Verified Voting wants to remind you that most voters already use paper ballots, & real solutions mean audits, cybersecurity & support for local officials. Read our statement: verifiedvoting.org/statement-ex...
Election Veteran: No President Has The Authority To Run Elections
verifiedvoting.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
No president can decide how Americans vote — that power belongs to the states. Verified Voting wants to remind you that most voters already use paper ballots, & real solutions mean audits, cybersecurity & support for local officials. Read our statement: verifiedvoting.org/statement-ex...
I am so honored to join @verifiedvoting.org's Board of Advisors!
July 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I am so honored to join @verifiedvoting.org's Board of Advisors!
So. Much. Popcorn.
June 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So. Much. Popcorn.
Identity/credential services should not be snooping on us. #nophonehome
Digital Identity Leaders and Privacy Experts Sound the Alarm on Invasive ID Systems | American Civil Liberties Union
Signatories, including the ACLU, warn officials of “Phone Home” feature of digital IDs that allows the government to track people’s daily lives
www.aclu.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Identity/credential services should not be snooping on us. #nophonehome
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The Economist runs a cover story on Trump's war on science
www.economist.com/le...
while the New York Times breaks down the NSF cuts
www.nytimes.com/inte...
www.economist.com/le...
while the New York Times breaks down the NSF cuts
www.nytimes.com/inte...
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Economist runs a cover story on Trump's war on science
www.economist.com/le...
while the New York Times breaks down the NSF cuts
www.nytimes.com/inte...
www.economist.com/le...
while the New York Times breaks down the NSF cuts
www.nytimes.com/inte...
First they hit us with cuts to Federal grant funding. Now they are hitting us by imposing taxes on endowments. What makes America truly great, what has, over centuries, made it a hub of thought and innovation, is what's targeted here. The Senate must stop this -- call your Senator now!
Not getting much attention, except in a recent NYTimes story, is a provision to increase the tax on university endowments and those of other nonprofits.
May 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
First they hit us with cuts to Federal grant funding. Now they are hitting us by imposing taxes on endowments. What makes America truly great, what has, over centuries, made it a hub of thought and innovation, is what's targeted here. The Senate must stop this -- call your Senator now!
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My colleague Tom Doeppner retired after 49 years of teaching at @BrownCSDept. On his last day of class, a whole bunch of faculty and staff showed up and sang a song we made for him. You can feel the love!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2254...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2254...
A Song For Tom Doeppner At His Last Lecture
YouTube video by Brown CS
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My colleague Tom Doeppner retired after 49 years of teaching at @BrownCSDept. On his last day of class, a whole bunch of faculty and staff showed up and sang a song we made for him. You can feel the love!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2254...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2254...
Harvard did the right thing!
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Harvard did the right thing!
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COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
It ought to be clear by now that we are all going to the dogs, and antisemitism is only a pretext. (FWIW, I'm a Zionist.) Our only option is whether we do so with our heads held high, or whether we will first sing a swan song to their tune. I strongly prefer the former. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment
The Office for Civil Rights today sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil...
www.ed.gov
March 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It ought to be clear by now that we are all going to the dogs, and antisemitism is only a pretext. (FWIW, I'm a Zionist.) Our only option is whether we do so with our heads held high, or whether we will first sing a swan song to their tune. I strongly prefer the former. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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After three years of failure, Putin can’t win on the ground, but he can win in his enemies’ heads—if we let him.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
After three years of failure, Putin can’t win on the ground, but he can win in his enemies’ heads—if we let him.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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So I won US election but lost German.
Plusses. Minuses.
Plusses. Minuses.
February 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So I won US election but lost German.
Plusses. Minuses.
Plusses. Minuses.
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"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
Appeasement at Munich
World Wars, Past and Possible
snyder.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
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I'm proud to be among 107+ security experts and organizations calling on the UK Home Office to abandon its push for backdoors into encrypted services. Weakening encryption puts everyone at risk. Read the letter and join the fight for digital security.
www.globalencryption.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm proud to be among 107+ security experts and organizations calling on the UK Home Office to abandon its push for backdoors into encrypted services. Weakening encryption puts everyone at risk. Read the letter and join the fight for digital security.
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🚨 EPIC, @democracyforward.bsky.social, and a federal worker filed suit today against DOGE over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history. 🧵
Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
February 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
🚨 EPIC, @democracyforward.bsky.social, and a federal worker filed suit today against DOGE over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history. 🧵
Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
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#DataPrivacyDay reminds us about the importance of protecting personal information in our hyperconnected world. EPIC is proud to fight every day for digital transparency, privacy, and data safeguards.
Join us in the privacy movement & protect your data by checking out the data privacy tips below. ⬇️
Join us in the privacy movement & protect your data by checking out the data privacy tips below. ⬇️
January 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#DataPrivacyDay reminds us about the importance of protecting personal information in our hyperconnected world. EPIC is proud to fight every day for digital transparency, privacy, and data safeguards.
Join us in the privacy movement & protect your data by checking out the data privacy tips below. ⬇️
Join us in the privacy movement & protect your data by checking out the data privacy tips below. ⬇️
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The videos and slides from the Warsaw IACR Summer School on Post-Quantum Cryptography 2024 are now live. YT playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Website (with slides): ideas-ncbr.pl/en/events/pq...
Warsaw IACR Summer School on Post-Quantum Cryptography 2024 - YouTube
This playlist contains recordings of lectures from the Warsaw IACR Summer School on Post-Quantum Cryptography 2024. The event took place on July 15-19, 2024,...
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The videos and slides from the Warsaw IACR Summer School on Post-Quantum Cryptography 2024 are now live. YT playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Website (with slides): ideas-ncbr.pl/en/events/pq...
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If we are serious about the national security risks of Chinese spies (or anyone else) getting our data from social media, banning TikTok won't do it: we need a real privacy law. My interview with @victorblackwell7.bsky.social and Amara Walker on @cnn.com video.snapstream.net/Play/ayGtaqd...
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January 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If we are serious about the national security risks of Chinese spies (or anyone else) getting our data from social media, banning TikTok won't do it: we need a real privacy law. My interview with @victorblackwell7.bsky.social and Amara Walker on @cnn.com video.snapstream.net/Play/ayGtaqd...
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The American people deserved better than this rushed Supreme Court decision on the #TikTok ban that ignored the viable alternatives we outlined in our national security scholars brief. My BBC interview with @anitaanand.bsky.social. www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
TikTok updates: TikTok faces ban in US by Sunday after Supreme Court rejects appeal
The Supreme Court has decided to uphold a law that would ban the hugely popular social media app in the US.
www.bbc.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The American people deserved better than this rushed Supreme Court decision on the #TikTok ban that ignored the viable alternatives we outlined in our national security scholars brief. My BBC interview with @anitaanand.bsky.social. www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
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Whatever the risks to privacy and national security of #TikTok there are better alternatives that don't violate free speech. My interview with the Harvard Gazette. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Is TikTok’s time nearly up? — Harvard Gazette
Privacy and cybersecurity law expert examines national security, First Amendment issues as popular video website faces legal deadline.
news.harvard.edu
January 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Whatever the risks to privacy and national security of #TikTok there are better alternatives that don't violate free speech. My interview with the Harvard Gazette. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Cynthia Dwork and Ingrid Daubechies among the recipients of the National Medal of Science.
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President Biden Honors Nation’s Leading Scientists, Technologists, and Innovators | The White House
Today, President Biden announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation—our nation’s
www.whitehouse.gov
January 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Cynthia Dwork and Ingrid Daubechies among the recipients of the National Medal of Science.
www.whitehouse.gov/b...
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