Conferences are the top-tier academic publishing venues in computer science, and involve a rigorous peer-review process. This is where the majority of my research is published.

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The Sociotechnical Stack: Opportunities for Social Computing Research in Non-consensual Intimate Media
Li Qiwei, Allison McDonald, Oliver L. Haimson, Sarita Schoenebeck, Eric Gilbert
27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), November 2024

"I feel physically safe but not politically safe": Understanding the Digital Threats and Safety Practices of OnlyFans Creators
Ananta Soneji, Vaughn Hamilton, Adam Doupé, Allison McDonald, Elissa M. Redmiles
30th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security), August 2024

A Canary in the AI Coal Mine: American Jews May Be Disproportionately Harmed by Intellectual Property Dispossession in Large Language Model Training
Heila Precel, Allison McDonald, Brent Hecht, Nicholas Vincent
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), May 2024

"Delete it and Move On": Digital Management of Shared Sexual Content after a Breakup
Kathryn D. Coduto, Allison McDonald
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), May 2024

Safer Digital Intimacy: A Research Agenda
Vaughn Hamiltion, Gabriel Kaptchuk, Allison McDonald, Elissa M. Redmiles
IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine, March 2024

"Nudes? Shouldn't I charge for these?": Motivations of New Sexual Content Creators on OnlyFans
Vaughn Hamilton, Ananta Soneji, Allison McDonald, Elissa M. Redmiles
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), May 2023

Ethical Practices for Security Research with At-Risk Populations
Rasika Bhalerao, Vaughn Hamilton, Allison McDonald, Elissa M. Redmiles, Angelika Strohmayer
Workshop on Ethics in Computer Security (EthiCS), June 2022

American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century
Nina Wang, Allison McDonald, Daniel Bateyko, Emily Tucker
Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, May 2022

Trauma-Informed Computing: Towards Safer Technology Experiences for All
Janet X. Chen,* Allison McDonald,* Yixin Zou,* Emily Tseng, Kevin A. Roundy, Acar Tamersoy, Florian Schaub, Thomas Ristenpart, Nicola Dell (* indicates shared first authorship)
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), May 2022

"It’s stressful having all these phones": Investigating Sex Workers' Safety Goals, Risks, and Practices Online
Allison McDonald, Catherine Barwulor, Michelle L. Mazurek, Florian Schaub, Elissa M. Redmiles
30th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security), August 2021
★ Distinguished Paper Award

The Role of Computer Security Customer Support in Helping Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Yixin Zou, Allison McDonald, Julia Narakornpichit, Nicola Dell, Thomas Ristenpart, Kevin Roundy, Florian Schaub, Acar Tamersoy
30th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security), August 2021

The Annoying, the Disturbing, and the Weird: Challenges with Phone Numbers as Identifiers and Phone Number Recycling
Allison McDonald, Carlo Sugatan, Tamy Guberek, Florian Schaub
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), May 2021

"Disadvantaged in the American-dominated internet": Sex, Work, and Technology
Catherine Barwulor, Allison McDonald, Eszter Hargittai, Elissa M. Redmiles
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), May 2021

Can Voters Detect Malicious Manipulation of Ballot Marking Devices?
Matthew Bernhard, Allison McDonald, Henry Meng, Jensen Hwa, Nakul Bajaj, Kevin Chang, and J. Alex Halderman
41st IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland), May 2020
★ Best Student Paper Award

APIs and Your Privacy
N. Cameron Russell, Florian Schaub, Allison McDonald, William Sierra-Rocafort
Available at SSRN, January 2019

403 Forbidden: A Global View of CDN Geoblocking
Allison McDonald, Matt Bernhard, Luke Valenta, Benjamin VanderSloot, Will Scott, Nick Sullivan, J. Alex Halderman, Roya Ensafi
ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), October 2018

Quack: Scalable Remote Measurement of Application-Layer Censorship
Benjamin VanderSloot, Allison McDonald, Will Scott, J. Alex Halderman, Roya Ensafi
27th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security), August 2018

Designing Digital Literacy and Security Trainings for Latinx Immigrants in the United States
Sylvia Simioni, Allan Martell, Allison McDonald, Abraham H. Mhaidli, Tamy Guberek, Kentaro Toyama, Florian Schaub
3rd SOUPS Workshop on Inclusive Privacy and Security (WIPS), August 2018

Keeping a Low Profile? Technology, Risk and Privacy among Undocumented Immigrants
Tamy Guberek, Allison McDonald, Sylvia Simioni, Abraham H. Mhaidli, Kentaro Toyama, Florian Schaub
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), April 2018
★ Best Paper Award

An ISP-Scale Deployment of TapDance
Sergey Frolov, Fred Douglas, Will Scott, Allison McDonald, Benjamin VanderSloot, Rod Hynes, Adam Kruger, Michalis Kallitsis, David G. Robinson, Steve Schultze, Nikita Borisov, J. Alex Halderman, and Eric Wustrow
USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI), August 2017