Jenny Blessing

I am a final-year Ph.D. student in computer science at the University of Cambridge, where I am a member of King's College. I am advised by Ross J. Anderson and Alastair Beresford in the Computer Laboratory's Security Group.

Previously, I completed a dual M.S. in (1) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and (2) Technology and Policy at MIT, where I was advised by Daniel Weitzner, and a B.S. in Computer Science at the University of Connecticut.

Email: jenny.blessing@cl.cam.ac.uk

Academic Interests

I am broadly interested in applied cryptography, systems security, and tech policy. My current research focuses on anonymous communications, mobile device security and privacy, and analysis of real-world cryptographic implementations.

Research

SoK: Web Authentication in the Age of End-to-End Encryption [Link]
Jenny Blessing, Daniel Hugenroth, Ross Anderson, and Alastair Beresford. June 2024.

When Vision Fails: Text Attacks Against ViT and OCR [Link]
Nicholas Boucher, Jenny Blessing, Ilia Shumailov, Ross Anderson, and Nicolas Papernot. May 2023.

One Protocol to Rule Them All? On Securing Interoperable Messaging [Link]
Jenny Blessing and Ross Anderson. Security Protocols Workshop XXVIII, March 2023.

Cryptography in the Wild: An Empirical Analysis of Vulnerabilities in Cryptographic Libraries
Jenny Blessing, Michael A. Specter, and Daniel Weitzner. AsiaCCS 2024.

Survey and analysis of U.S. policies to address ransomware [Link]
Jenny Blessing*, Jules Drean*, and Sarah Radway*. MIT Science Policy Review (2022): 38-46. *Equal contribution.