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Jonathan Mayer

Jonathan Mayer

Affiliate Scholar

Jonathan Mayer is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Before joining the Princeton faculty, Jonathan served as the technology law and policy advisor to United States Senator Kamala Harris and as the Chief Technologist of the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau. Jonathan's research centers on the intersection of technology and law, with emphasis on national security, criminal procedure, consumer privacy, network management, and online speech. Jonathan is both a computer scientist and a lawyer, and he holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Title:Affiliate Scholar
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Focus Areas:Privacy
Areas of Expertise:Security Privacy Network Neutrality Intermediary Liability

Recent articles

Blog • Dec 23, 2013

Spy on Your Metadata

Co-authored with Patrick Mutchler. This is a project of the Stanford Security Lab. Just over a month ago we launched MetaPhone, an Android app for crowdsourcin…

Press • Dec 13, 2013

NSA review to leave spying programs largely unchanged, reports say

"“If the NSA were to mistakenly classify domestic servers as outside the United States, even at low rates, it would acquire a substantial amount of purely…

Publication • Dec 13, 2013

How the NSA Piggy-Backs on Third-Party Trackers

Cross-posted from Slate. By Edward Felten and Jonathan Mayer Snooping on the Internet is tricky. The network is diffuse, global, and packed with potential tar…

Press • Dec 12, 2013

How advertisers became the NSA's best friend

"Tracking cookies offers the NSA the perfect system for following suspects across the web: it's pervasive, persistent, and for the most part, it's…

Press • Dec 11, 2013

Who’s tracking your porn?

"I asked Mayer if he believed there was reason to worry that one’s porn-browsing history could be sold — say, to a potential employer — or made public. “I’…

Press • Dec 10, 2013

The NSA's Reach Might Be Even Bigger Than We Thought

"Now, new research from Stanford graduate students Jonathan Mayer and Patrick Mutchler suggests that the NSA's dragnet could be bigger -- much bigger.…

Press • Dec 10, 2013

NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking

"Privacy advocates have pushed to create a "Do Not Track" system allowing consumers to opt out of such tracking. But Jonathan Mayer of Stanford&#…

Press • Dec 10, 2013

MetaPhone Stanford University crowdsourced project shows NSA’s three-hop reach

"To put it simply, said Mayer, “Suppose, for example, that a suspicious number is phoned by a Skype user; a different Skype user has called FedEx; and you…

Press • Dec 10, 2013

The NSA's Reach Might Be Even Bigger Than We Thought

"Now, new research from Stanford graduate students Jonathan Mayer and Patrick Mutchler suggests that the NSA's dragnet could be bigger -- much bigger.…

Press • Nov 30, 2013

Researchers use NSA’s own tactics to see how invasive NSA spying is

"Stanford researchers are trying to act like the NSA in order to learn about the NSA. Researchers Jonathan Mayer and Patrick Mutchler created MetaPhone, an…

Press • Nov 22, 2013

Why you need this simple app that hands over all your metadata

"‟Our hypothesis is that phone metadata reflects personal information, such as your location, age, gender, employment, relationships, and interests,” Mayer…

Press • Nov 19, 2013

Why states are the big winner in the $17 million Google-Safari settlement

""The state attorneys general have both the inclination and the legal latitude … to be vigorous enforcers on consumer privacy," said Mayer. "…