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Focused on tech as it intersects with privacy, security, equity & rights. Always thinking about community care 🌱 Not really here...cause you know.....

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Joined February 2009
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Amira Dhalla
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RT @ConsumerReports: Thank you to report co-authors @amirad, @KomalBazazSmith, @KatieDHBrooks, and guest contributors @MLTellado, @craignew….
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RT @ConsumerReports: Hot off the press 🔥 New Consumer Cyber Readiness report by CR, @AspenDigital, and @GlobalCyberAlln reveals continued p….
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RT @CLTCBerkeley: Today we're looking back at another panel from @CLTCBerkeley's inaugural #CyberCivilDefense Summit, which focused on expa….
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RT @SIPAcyber: It's great to see @ColumbiaSIPA alumn @amirad talking about her work on @ConsumerReports Security Planner as part of a discu….
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RT @CLTCBerkeley: Thank you, @ikethecoins, @CISAGov’s @Sandy Radesky, @Okta’s Victor Cordon, @amirad & @CarpeDiemCyber, for doing a panel a….
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Amira Dhalla
2 years
Great watching @craignewmark calling for more champions in #cybercivildefense to a full house convened by @CLTCBerkeley 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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RT @tarciziosilva: No #RightsCon, a @followlori falou agora há pouco de solidariedade transnational entre os vários Sus! 🌍 .
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RT @MLTellado: Passkeys—a new alternative to passwords—can help prevent phishing attacks and keep you more secure online. CR experts @yaelw….
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Passkeys are an alternative to passwords, and they provide robust protection against phishing attacks and website breaches.
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RT @brianwong_: Timely film screening & discussion @rightscon on how bad #data & algorithmic biases reinforce #inequality, particularly for….
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Amira Dhalla
2 years
If you're attending #RightsCon this week join myself and @followlori from @Mozilla for a screening of #BadInput and a discussion on how bad data reinforces inequality, looking at local and global contexts
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RT @CLTCBerkeley: Many free cyber tools are available, but under what conditions are they useful to under-resourced & understaffed orgs?….
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2 years
RT @SecPlanner: Attending RightsCon online? Check out our workshop, Lost (and found) in translation: lessons in localizing privacy and safe….
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RT @mozilla: Racial and gender bias in facial recognition can have a negative impact on communities of color. Watch the #BADINPUT a @Cons….
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2 years
RT @mozillafestival: Uncover the impact of AI bias. 🔎. Join us on May 30th at 11 AM ET to explore the consequences of discriminatory tech p….
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Amira Dhalla
2 years
Shoutout to @TheMarkup who just reached 10M scans on Blacklight - a tool that helps people see how they are being tracked online and protects their privacy. #dataprivacy.
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Our tool has been used to protect the privacy of medical patients, children, and numerous readers
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Amira Dhalla
2 years
Please watch (and share!) and take action in our @CRAdvocacy petition to end discriminatory technology practices
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Flawed data negatively impacts too many lives
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Amira Dhalla
2 years
A quote from co-collaborator @LilsG31 in the #badinput press release share that this is the "first step towards advocating for more industry oversight, accountability and creation of more inclusive and equitable products"
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/PRNewswire/ -- Today Consumer Reports in partnership with the Kapor Foundation released BAD INPUT, a video series directed by Filmmaker Alice Gu, exploring...
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Amira Dhalla
2 years
Over a year of work went into the launch of #badinput - a collaboration from @ConsumerReports @KaporCenter and all the experts featured. With the goal of creating awareness and understanding of opaque issues that are already impacting all of our lives.
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