Yael Eiger
I’m a PhD candidate in the Security and Privacy Research Lab at the University of Washington Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering, where I am lucky to be advised by Franziska Roesner.
My research centers around digital privacy and the societal impact of technology. I’m particularly concerned with surveillance, policing, sentencing, immigration tracking, and personal data collection. I’m also interested in related legal doctrine for ensuring privacy, consumer protection, fairness, and the regulation of the prison industrial complex.
I also love teaching in prisons – I currently teach with the Prison Math Project, and taught previously with the Freedom Education Project of Puget Sound, both of whom are always looking for more volunteers and teachers. And if you’re at UW, check out HOPE! 🫶 🕊️ 🌻
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updates
| Jun 16, 2026 | Melissa, Meira, Kentrell, and I presented this week at the Suveillance Studies Network Conference in Lille, France on ``Private-Public Partnerships, Datafication, and the U.S. Carceral State’’ ! |
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| May 20, 2026 | I passed my General Exam and proposed the final component of my thesis! I am now a PhD candidate 🎓 |
| May 13, 2026 | Meira, Anna, and I were interviewed for an article in MIT Technology Review about personal information leakage and people-searching with LLMs |
| Mar 17, 2026 | I wrote this blog post on the history of technology in WA prisons over at the (amazing!) Washington Prison History Project archive |