Our Research

  • Stop the Nonconsensual Use of Nude Images in Research

    NeurIPS 2025

    Cintaqia, P., Arya, A., Redmiles, E.M., Kumar, D., McDonald, A., Qin, L.

  • Analyzing the AI Nudification Application Ecosystem

    USENIX Security 2025

    Internet Defense Prize Runner-Up
    Distinguished Paper Award Hon. Mention.
    CSAW Applied Research Competition Best Paper in Social Impact

    Gibson, C., Olszewski, D., Brigham, N.G., Crowder, A., Butler, K. R. B., Traynor, P., Redmiles, E.M., Kohno, T.

  • Toward Safer Intimate Futures: Recommendations for Tech Platforms to Reduce Image Based Sexual Abuse

    White Paper
    Qin, L., Hamilton, V., Ayadin, Y., Scarlett, M., Wang, S., Redmiles, E.M.

  • "Did They Consent to That?": Safer Digital Intimacy via Proactive Protection Against Image-Based Sexual Abuse

    USENIX Security 2024
    Qin, L., Hamilton, V., Wang, S., Ayadin, Y., Scarlett, M., Redmiles, E.M.

  • “Violation of my body:” Perceptions of AI-generated non-consensual (intimate) imagery

    USENIX SOUPS 2024

    Brigham, N.G., Wei, M., Kohno, T., Redmiles, E.M.

  • "Nudes? Shouldn't I charge for these?": Motivations of New Sexual Content Creators on OnlyFans

    ACM CHI 2023
    Best Paper Honorable Mention (Top 5%)

    Hamilton, V., Soneji, A., McDonald, A., and Redmiles, E.M

  • "I feel physically safe but not politically safe": Understanding the Digital Threats and Safety Practices of OnlyFans Creators

    USENIX Security 2024

    Soneji, A., Hamilton, V., Doupe, A., McDonald, A., Redmiles, E.M.

  • Ethics and Efficacy of Unsolicited Anti-Trafficking SMS Outreach

    ACM CSCW 2022
    Diversity & Inclusion Recognition

    Bhalerao, R., McDonald, N., Barakat, H. L., Hamilton, V., McCoy, D., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • "It’s stressful having all these phones": Investigating Sex Workers’ Safety Goals, Risks, and Practices Online

    USENIX Security 2021
    Distinguished Paper Award
    McDonald, A., Barwulor, C., Schaub, F., Mazurek, M.L., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • Safer Digital Intimacy for Sex Workers and Beyond: A Technical Research Agenda

    IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine

    Hamilton, V., Kaptchuk, G., McDonald, A., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • "Disadvantaged in the American-dominated internet": Sex, Work, and Technology

    ACM CHI 2021

    Barwulor, C., McDonald, A., Hargittai, E., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • Risk, Resilience and Reward: Impacts of Shifting to Digital Sex Work

    ACM CSCW 2022
    Hamilton, V., Barakat, H. L., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • Community Under Surveillance: Impacts of Marginalization on an Online Labor Forum

    AAAI ICWSM 2022

    Barakat, H.L. and Redmiles, E.M.

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