Umar Iqbal

Assistant professor
Washington University in St. Louis

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  1. I am an assistant professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Washington University in St. Louis.

    My research focuses on computer security and privacy. Specifically, I focus on bringing transparency and control in computing systems to empower users, platforms, and regulators to improve user privacy and security. Current focus areas include the web (e.g., online tracking issues), emerging technologies (e.g., issues in IoT and LLM platforms), and technology policy (e.g., auditing under CCPA and GDPR).


    I am always looking for motivated students to join our group. If you're interested, please reach out to me!

Updates

  • Yuhao presented our research on execution isolation in agentic systems at MSR

  • Roundtable on online surveillance with the FTC

  • I am reviewing for the USENIX Security '25 and ACM IMC '25. Consider submitting your work!

  • Discussed Independent Auditing of Smart Speaker Data Usage Practices at Comcast

  • Caspar Bowden Runner-Up Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2024

  • Discussing security issues in LLM-based systems and platforms at the FTC PrivacyCon 2024

  • Honored to receive the ACM IMC 2023 Best Paper Award for our research on auditing smart speakers

  • Filed a comment to FTC's ANPR on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security