GW Engineering Student Wins Prestigious Google Fellowship

As more and more governments undergo digital transformation, more and more citizens are now required to share private data through digital platforms in order to access public services. That means data security is a non-negotiable global issue. But human-centered security and privacy researchers tend to draw their subjects solely from the world’s wealthiest minority—from populations sometimes referred to as Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic, or WEIRD. The architects who build privacy and security tools draw from this pool of research, meaning the majority of technology users are not considered when designing the tools intended to keep their data safe.