Publications

2024

Our Data, Our Solutions: A Participatory Approach for Enhancing Privacy in Wearable Activity Tracker Third-Party Apps
Zufferey Noé, Salehzadeh Niksirat Kavous, Humbert Mathias, Huguenin Kévin, 2024, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PoPETs)
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Know their Customers: An Empirical Study of Online Account Enumeration Attacks
Maceiras Maël, Salehzadeh Niksirat Kavous, Bernard Gaël, Garbinato Benoit, Cherubini Mauro, Humbert Mathias, Huguenin Kévin, 2024, ACM Transactions on the Web
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Prioritizing Investments in Cybersecurity: Empirical Evidence from an Event Study on the Determinants of Cyberattack Costs
Celeny Daniel, Maréchal Loïc, Rousselot Evgueni, Mermoud Alain, Humbert Mathias, 2024, 23rd Workshop on the Economics of Information Security
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Shorts vs. Regular Videos on YouTube: A Comparative Analysis of User Engagement and Content Creation Trends
Violot Caroline, Elmas Tugrulcan, Bilogrevic Igor, Humbert Mathias, 2024, Proceedings of the ACM Web Science Conference
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Security and Privacy with Second-Hand Storage Devices: A User-Centric Perspective from Switzerland
Salehzadeh Niksirat Kavous, Korka Diana, Jacquemin Quentin, Vanini Céline, Humbert Mathias, Cherubini Mauro, Métille Sylvain, Huguenin Kévin, 2024, Proc. of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PoPETs)
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Quantifying Privacy Risks of Prompts in Visual Prompt Learning
Wu Yixin, Wen Rui, Backes Michael, Berrang Pascal, Humbert Mathias, Shen Yun, Zhang Yang, 2024, 33rd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 24)
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Wearable Activity Trackers: A Survey on Utility, Privacy, and Security
Salehzadeh Niksirat Kavous, Velykoivanenko Lev, Zufferey Noé, Cherubini Mauro, Huguenin Kévin, Humbert Mathias, 2024, ACM Computing Surveys
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2023

Data Poisoning Attacks Against Multimodal Encoders
Yang Ziqing, He Xinlei, Li Zheng, Backes Michael, Humbert Mathias, Berrang Pascal, Zhang Yang, 2023, International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2023, 23-29 July 2023, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Watch your Watch: Inferring Personality Traits from Wearable Activity Trackers
Zufferey Noé, Humbert Mathias, Tavenard Romain, Huguenin Kévin, 2023, Proceedings of the USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security)
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“Revoked just now!” Users’ Behaviors Toward Fitness-Data Sharing with Third-Party Applications
Zufferey Noé, Salehzadeh Niksirat Kavous, Humbert Mathias, Huguenin Kévin, 2023, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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2022

Graph Unlearning
Chen Min, Zhang Zhikun, Wang Tianhao, Backes Michael, Humbert Mathias, Zhang Yang, 2022, Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
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Leaky Forms: A Study of Email and Password Exfiltration Before Form Submission
Senol Asuman, Acar Gunes, Humbert Mathias, Borgesius Frederik Zuiderveen, 2022, 31st USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 22)
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Investigating Graph Embedding Methods for Cross-Platform Binary Code Similarity Detection
Cochard Victor, Pfammatter Damian, Duong Chi Thang, Humbert Mathias, 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P)
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KGP Meter: Communicating Kin Genomic Privacy to the Masses
Humbert Mathias, Dupertuis Didier, Cherubini Mauro, Huguenin Kévin, 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P)
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Learning From the Past to Improve the Future : Value-Added Services as a Driver for Mass Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps
Naous Dana, Bonner Manus, Humbert Mathias, Legner Christine, 2022, Business and Information Systems Engineering
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2021

When Machine Unlearning Jeopardizes Privacy
Chen Min, Zhang Zhikun, Wang Tianhao, Backes Michael, Humbert Mathias, Zhang Yang, 2021, CCS ’21: 2021 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
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Are Those Steps Worth Your Privacy? Fitness-Tracker Users’ Perceptions of Privacy and Utility
Velykoivanenko Lev, Salehzadeh Niksirat Kavous, Zufferey Noé, Humbert Mathias, Huguenin Kévin, Cherubini Mauro, 2021, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)} / ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp)
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Interdependent Privacy
Humbert Mathias, Huguenin Kévin, 2021, Encyclopedia of Cryptography, Security and Privacy
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2020

Towards Mass Adoption of Contact Tracing Apps – Learning from Users’ Preferences to Improve App Design
Naous Dana, Bonner Manus, Humbert Mathias, Legner Christine, 2020,
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Towards Plausible Graph Anonymization
Zhang Yang, Humbert Mathias, Surma Bartlomiej, Manoharan Praveen, Vreeken Jilles, Backes Michael, 2020, 27th Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, NDSS 2020, San Diego, California, USA, February 23-26, 2020
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BAAAN: Backdoor Attacks Against Autoencoder and GAN-Based Machine Learning Models
Salem Ahmed, Sautter Yannick, Backes Michael, Humbert Mathias, Zhang Yang, 2020,
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GenoShare: Supporting Privacy-Informed Decisions for Sharing Individual-Level Genetic Data
Raisaro Jean Louis, Troncoso-Pastoriza Juan Ramón, El-Zein Yamane, Humbert Mathias, Troncoso Carmela, Fellay Jacques, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, 2020, Digital Personalized Health and Medicine – Proceedings of MIE 2020, Medical Informatics Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, April 28 – May 1, 2020
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Contact Tracing: An Overview of Technologies and Cyber Risks
Legendre Franck, Humbert Mathias, Mermoud Alain, Lenders Vincent, 2020,
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Membership Inference Against DNA Methylation Databases
Hagestedt Inken, Humbert Mathias, Berrang Pascal, Lehmann Irina, Eils Roland, Backes Michael, Zhang Yang, 2020, IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, EuroS&P 2020, Genoa, Italy, September 7-11, 2020
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GenoShare: Supporting Privacy-Informed Decisions for Sharing Individual-Level Genetic Data.
Raisaro J.L., Troncoso-Pastoriza J.R., El-Zein Y., Humbert M., Troncoso C., Fellay J., Hubaux J.P., 2020, Studies in health technology and informatics
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A Study on the Use of Checksums for Integrity Verification of Web Downloads
Meylan Alexandre, Cherubini Mauro, Chapuis Bertil, Humbert Mathias, Bilogrevic Igor, Huguenin Kévin, 2020, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
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An Empirical Study of the Use of Integrity Verification Mechanisms for Web Subresources
Chapuis Bertil, Omolola Olamide, Cherubini Mauro, Humbert Mathias, Huguenin Kévin, 2020, Proceedings of the Web Conference (WWW)
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2019

ML-Leaks: Model and Data Independent Membership Inference Attacks and Defenses on Machine Learning Models
Salem Ahmed, Zhang Yang, Humbert Mathias, Berrang Pascal, Fritz Mario, Backes Michael, 2019, 26th Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, NDSS 2019, San Diego, California, USA, February 24-27, 2019
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Privacy-Preserving Similar Patient Queries for Combined Biomedical Data
Salem Ahmed, Berrang Pascal, Humbert Mathias, Backes Michael, 2019, Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol.
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MBeacon: Privacy-Preserving Beacons for DNA Methylation Data
Hagestedt Inken, Zhang Yang, Humbert Mathias, Berrang Pascal, Tang Haixu, Wang XiaoFeng, Backes Michael, 2019, 26th Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, NDSS 2019, San Diego, California, USA, February 24-27, 2019
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On (The Lack Of) Location Privacy in Crowdsourcing Applications
Boukoros Spyros, Humbert Mathias, Katzenbeisser Stefan, Troncoso Carmela, 2019, 28th USENIX Security Symposium, USENIX Security 2019, Santa Clara, CA, USA, August 14-16, 2019
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A Survey on Interdependent Privacy
Humbert Mathias, Trubert Benjamin, Huguenin Kévin, 2019, ACM Computing Surveys
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The (Co-)Location Sharing Game: Benefits and Privacy Implications of (Co)-Location Sharing with Interdependences
Olteanu A.-M., Humbert M., Huguenin K., Hubaux J.-P., 2019, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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2018

Tagvisor: A Privacy Advisor for Sharing Hashtags
Zhang Yang, Humbert Mathias, Rahman Tahleen A., Li Cheng-Te, Pang Jun, Backes Michael, 2018, Proceedings of the 2018 World Wide Web Conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2018
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Anonymisierungsverfahren für genetische Daten
Marnau Ninja, Berrang Pascal, Humbert Mathias, 2018, Datenschutz und Datensicherheit
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Dissecting Privacy Risks in Biomedical Data
Berrang Pascal, Humbert Mathias, Zhang Yang, Lehmann Irina, Eils Roland, Backes Michael, 2018, 2018 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, EuroS&P 2018, London, United Kingdom, April 24-26, 2018
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Simulating the Large-Scale Erosion of Genomic Privacy Over Time
Backes Michael, Berrang Pascal, Humbert Mathias, Shen Xiaoyu, Wolf Verena, 2018, IEEE ACM Trans. Comput. Biol. Bioinform.
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Towards Usable Checksums: Automating the Integrity Verification of Web Downloads for the Masses
Cherubini M., Meylan A., Chapuis B., Humbert M., Bilogrevic I., Huguenin K., 2018, Proceedings of the 25th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)
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2017

FairTest: Discovering Unwarranted Associations in Data-Driven Applications
Tramèr Florian, Atlidakis Vaggelis, Geambasu Roxana, Hsu Daniel J., Hubaux Jean-Pierre, Humbert Mathias, Juels Ari, Lin Huang, 2017, 2017 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, EuroS&P 2017, Paris, France, April 26-28, 2017
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Quantifying Interdependent Risks in Genomic Privacy
Humbert Mathias, Ayday Erman, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, Telenti Amalio, 2017, ACM Trans. Priv. Secur.
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walk2friends: Inferring Social Links from Mobility Profiles
Backes Michael, Humbert Mathias, Pang Jun, Zhang Yang, 2017, Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
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Identifying Personal DNA Methylation Profiles by Genotype Inference
Backes Michael, Berrang Pascal, Bieg Matthias, Eils Roland, Herrmann Carl, Humbert Mathias, Lehmann Irina, 2017, 2017 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, SP 2017, San Jose, CA, USA, May 22-26, 2017
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Inference Attacks against Kin Genomic Privacy
Ayday Erman, Humbert Mathias, 2017, IEEE Secur. Priv.
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Quantifying Interdependent Privacy Risks with Location Data
Olteanu A.-M., Huguenin K., Shokri R., Humbert M., Hubaux J.-P., 2017, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
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2016

Membership Privacy in MicroRNA-based Studies
Backes Michael, Berrang Pascal, Humbert Mathias, Manoharan Praveen, 2016, Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Vienna, Austria, October 24-28, 2016
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Privacy in Epigenetics: Temporal Linkability of MicroRNA Expression Profiles
Backes Michael, Berrang Pascal, Hecksteden Anna, Humbert Mathias, Keller Andreas, Meyer Tim, 2016, 25th USENIX Security Symposium, USENIX Security 16, Austin, TX, USA, August 10-12, 2016
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2015

On Non-cooperative Genomic Privacy
Humbert Mathias, Ayday Erman, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, Telenti Amalio, 2015, Financial Cryptography and Data Security – 19th International Conference, FC 2015, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 26-30, 2015, Revised Selected Papers
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De-anonymizing Genomic Databases Using Phenotypic Traits
Humbert M., Huguenin K., Hugonot J., Ayday E., Hubaux J.-P., 2015, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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2014

Reconciling Utility with Privacy in Genomics
Humbert Mathias, Ayday Erman, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, Telenti Amalio, 2014, Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society, WPES 2014, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, November 3, 2014
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2013

Nowhere to Hide: Navigating around Privacy in Online Social Networks
Humbert Mathias, Studer Théophile, Grossglauser Matthias, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, 2013, Computer Security – ESORICS 2013 – 18th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Egham, UK, September 9-13, 2013. Proceedings
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Addressing the concerns of the lacks family: quantification of kin genomic privacy
Humbert Mathias, Ayday Erman, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, Telenti Amalio, 2013, 2013 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS’13, Berlin, Germany, November 4-8, 2013
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2011

Collaborative Location Privacy with Rational Users
Santos Francisco, Humbert Mathias, Shokri Reza, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, 2011, Decision and Game Theory for Security – Second International Conference, GameSec 2011, College Park, MD, Maryland, USA, November 14-15, 2011. Proceedings
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One-to-n scrip systems for cooperative privacy-enhancing technologies
Humbert Mathias, Manshaei Mohammad Hossein, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, 2011, 49th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2011, Allerton Park & Retreat Center, Monticello, IL, USA, 28-30 September, 2011
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2010

Tracking Games in Mobile Networks
Humbert Mathias, Manshaei Mohammad Hossein, Freudiger Julien, Hubaux Jean-Pierre, 2010, Decision and Game Theory for Security – First International Conference, GameSec 2010, Berlin, Germany, November 22-23, 2010. Proceedings
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