SKILLPoV: Towards Accessible and Effective Privacy Notice for Amazon Alexa Skills
Jingwen Yan, Song Liao, Mohammed Aldeen, Luyi Xing, Danfeng Yao, Long Cheng 0005
NDSS2025
Conference Paper
Dr. Song Liao
Publications
Publications
2025
No Way to Sign Out? Unpacking Non-Compliance with Google Play's App Account Deletion Requirements
Jingwen Yan, Song Liao, Jin Ma, Mohammed Aldeen, Salish Kumar, Long Cheng 0005
USENIX Security Symposium2025
Conference Paper
Understanding User Acceptance of Privacy Labels: Barriers and Enhancements
Jingwen Yan, Mohammed Aldeen, Jalil Harris, Kellen Grossenbacher, Song Liao, Feng Luo 0001, Long Cheng 0005
WPES2025
Conference Paper
2024
End-Users Know Best: Identifying Undesired Behavior of Alexa Skills Through User Review Analysis
Mohammed Aldeen, Jeffrey Young, Song Liao, Tsu-Yao Chang, Long Cheng 0005, Haipeng Cai, Xiapu Luo, Hongxin Hu
Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol.2024
Journal Article
Command Hijacking on Voice-Controlled IoT in Amazon Alexa Platform
Wenbo Ding 0003, Song Liao, Long Cheng 0005, Xianghang Mi, Ziming Zhao 0001, Hongxin Hu
AsiaCCS2024
Conference Paper
A First Look at Security and Privacy Risks in the RapidAPI Ecosystem
Song Liao, Long Cheng 0005, Xiapu Luo, Zheng Song 0001, Haipeng Cai, Danfeng (Daphne) Yao, Hongxin Hu
CCS2024
Conference Paper
Understanding GDPR Non-Compliance in Privacy Policies of Alexa Skills in European Marketplaces
Song Liao, Mohammed Aldeen, Jingwen Yan, Long Cheng 0005, Xiapu Luo, Haipeng Cai, Hongxin Hu
WWW2024
Conference Paper
AI-Cybersecurity Education Through Designing AI-based Cyberharassment Detection Lab
Ebuka Okpala, Nishant Vishwamitra, Keyan Guo, Song Liao, Long Cheng 0005, Hongxin Hu, Yongkai Wu, Xiaohong Yuan, Jeannette Wade, Sajad Khorsandroo
CoRR2024
Journal Article
2023
COVID-19 and Sinophobia: Detecting Warning Signs of Radicalization on Twitter and Reddit
Matthew Costello, Nishant Vishwamitra, Song Liao, Long Cheng 0005, Feng Luo 0001, Hongxin Hu
Cyberpsychology Behav. Soc. Netw.2023
Journal Article
Understanding and Analyzing COVID-19-related Online Hate Propagation Through Hateful Memes Shared on Twitter
Nishant Vishwamitra, Keyan Guo, Song Liao, Jaden Mu, Zheyuan Ma, Long Cheng 0005, Ziming Zhao 0001, Hongxin Hu
ASONAM2023
Conference Paper
SkillScanner: Detecting Policy-Violating Voice Applications Through Static Analysis at the Development Phase
Song Liao, Long Cheng 0005, Haipeng Cai, Linke Guo, Hongxin Hu
CCS2023
Conference Paper
Analysis of COVID-19 Offensive Tweets and Their Targets
Song Liao, Ebuka Okpala, Long Cheng 0005, Mingqi Li, Nishant Vishwamitra, Hongxin Hu, Feng Luo 0001, Matthew Costello
KDD2023
Conference Paper
Exploring Vulnerabilities in Voice Command Skills for Connected Vehicles
Wenbo Ding 0003, Song Liao, Keyan Guo, Fuqiang Zhang, Long Cheng 0005, Ziming Zhao 0001, Hongxin Hu
SmartSP2023
Conference Paper
2022
SkillDetective: Automated Policy-Violation Detection of Voice Assistant Applications in the Wild
Jeffrey Young, Song Liao, Long Cheng 0005, Hongxin Hu, Huixing Deng
USENIX Security Symposium2022
Conference Paper
2021
Problematic Privacy Policies of Voice Assistant Applications
Song Liao, Christin Wilson, Long Cheng 0005, Hongxin Hu, Huixing Deng
IEEE Secur. Priv.2021
Journal Article
COVID-HateBERT: a Pre-trained Language Model for COVID-19 related Hate Speech Detection
Mingqi Li, Song Liao, Ebuka Okpala, Max Tong, Matthew Costello, Long Cheng 0005, Hongxin Hu, Feng Luo 0001
ICMLA2021
Conference Paper
2020
Measuring the Effectiveness of Privacy Policies for Voice Assistant Applications
Song Liao, Christin Wilson, Long Cheng 0005, Hongxin Hu, Huixing Deng
ACSAC2020
Conference Paper
Dangerous Skills Got Certified: Measuring the Trustworthiness of Skill Certification in Voice Personal Assistant Platforms
Long Cheng 0005, Christin Wilson, Song Liao, Jeffrey Young, Daniel Dong, Hongxin Hu
CCS2020
Conference Paper
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Research in IoT security/privacy, policy compliance on open platforms, and data science. Published at CCS, KDD, USENIX Security. Distinguished Paper Award at ACSAC 2020. New hire as of August 2024.
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Ph.D. in Computer Science
Clemson University
2024
M.E. in Software Engineering
Xi'an Jiaotong University
2018
B.E. in Software Engineering
Xi'an Jiaotong University
2015
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Texas Tech University, Department of Computer Science
2024 - Present
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