#CISPA@USENIX 2025 – Phone Theft and Human Behavior with Divyanshu Bhardwaj

USENIX Security 2025 in Seattle is just around the corner! As one
of the leading conferences in security and privacy, it's the
perfect time to take a closer look at the research being presented.
In this special conference episode of CISPA TL;DR, we talk to CISPA
researcher Divyanshu Bhardwaj about his work on one of modern
life’s worst nightmares: phone theft. As Divyanshu points out, our
phones hold almost everything—photos, boarding passes, banking
apps, and more. So what actually happens when your phone gets
stolen? And how can we better protect users in that worst-case
scenario? Tune in to hear what Divyanshu learned from real-world
phone theft victims and what steps he thinks we can take to keep
our data safe, even when our phones fall into the wrong hands.
Check out all of Divyanshu's research papers here:
https://publications.cispa.de/authors/Divyanshu_Bhardwaj/17288206