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Prof. Dr. Sascha Fahl has been Pro­fes­sor for com­pu­ter sci­ence and head of the chair for usa­ble se­cu­ri­ty and pri­va­cy since April 2018. Pre­vious­ly, he was head of the in­for­ma­ti­on se­cu­ri­ty in­sti­tu­te at Leib­niz Uni­ver­si­ty in Han­no­ver (2017 - 2018). From 2016 to 2017 he was in­de­pen­dent re­se­arch group lea­der of the usa­ble se­cu­ri­ty and pri­va­cy group at CISPA. He re­cei­ved a PhD in com­pu­ter sci­ence from Leib­niz Uni­ver­si­ty Han­no­ver in 2016. In 2015 he was soft­ware en­gi­neer (SWE) in­tern in the Chro­me Se­cu­ri­ty team at Goog­le in Moun­tain View.

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Since 2021
Tenured Faculty at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Since 2019
Professor at Leibniz University Hannover
2018 – 2019
Associate Professor at Ruhr University Bochum
2017 – 2018
Deputy Professor at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Publications by Sascha Fahl

Year 2026

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International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
"That's another doom I haven't thought about": A User Study on AI Labels as a Safeguard Against Image-Based Misinformation

Year 2025

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Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST)
Towards Secure and Usable XR Authentication Schemes for Head-Mounted Displays: A Co-Creation Study with Experts

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ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)
Competing for Attention: An Interview Study with Participants of Cryptography Competitions

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Usenix Security Symposium (USENIX-Security)
“That’s my perspective from 30 years of doing this”: An Interview Study on Practices, Experiences, and Challenges of Updating Cryptographic Code

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Usenix Security Symposium (USENIX-Security)
How Transparent is Usable Privacy and Security Research? A Meta-Study on Current Research Transparency Practices

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IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P)
“I’m pretty expert and I still screw it up”: Qualitative Insights into Experiences and Challenges of Designing and Implementing Cryptographic Library APIs

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IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P)
“It’s time. Time for digital security.”: An End User Study on Actionable Security and Privacy Advice

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IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P)
Transparency in Usable Privacy and Security Research: Scholars’ Perspectives, Practices, and Recommendations

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International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
A Qualitative Study of Adoption Barriers and Challenges for Passwordless Authentication in German Public Administrations

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Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS)
Attributing Open-Source Contributions is Critical but Difficult: A Systematic Analysis of GitHub Practices and Their Impact on Software Supply Chain Security.