Adrienne Porter Felt
Adrienne Porter Felt | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Computer scientist |
Adrienne Porter Felt is an American computer scientist.
Education[edit]
Porter Felt completed her PhD at UC Berkeley in 2012. Her dissertation research focused on computer security on mobile devices.[1] Her advisor was David Wagner. Her 2011 paper on Android permissions security won the ACM SIGSAC test-of-time award in 2022.[2]
Career[edit]
After graduation, Porter Felt joined Google. Her work there focuses on computer security and Google Chrome. In 2014, she developed malware warnings in Chrome that are more intuitive for users.[3] In 2016, she noted that the Google Chrome HTTPS lock icon looks more like a red purse than a lock. She conducted a study to design a more intuitive icon, and the new icon was deployed to users.[4] In 2018, she worked on improvements to emoji in Google Chrome.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Porter Felt's father, Edward Porter Felt was killed in the September 11 attacks.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Towards Comprehensible and Effective Permission Systems | EECS at UC Berkeley". www2.eecs.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "ACM CCS 2022". www.sigsac.org. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Google Set to Change Malware, Phishing Warnings Following Study". threatpost.com. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy. "Google's Chrome Hackers Are About to Upend Your Idea of Web Security". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ Aue, Mary von. "Google Enables Quick Emoji Use in Chrome — Here's How". Inverse. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Edward Porter Felt - Flight 93 National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "__apf__". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
External links[edit]
- Adrienne Porter Felt publications indexed by Google Scholar
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