Keren Elazari
In 2004, I registered kerene@gmail.com during Gmail's invite-only launch. I've been receiving strangers' private data ever since, without clicking a single link or running a single exploit. Gmail treats dots as invisible, meaning all 32 dot-variants of my address deliver straight to me. Alas, Third-party platforms never got the memo. Banks, airlines, social networks, and government portals mostly treat dot-variants as unique identities, creating an invisible identity collision with real consequences for account security, fraud, and forensic investigation, impacting millions of users worldwide. Almost 90 Snapchat log in emails, 168 TikTok password resets, and one Google Takeout link later, I'm here to show you what 22 years of someone else's data looks like, and the one normalization fix that would have prevented all of it.
Keren Elazari
Founder, BSidesTLV
Keren Elazari is an internationally recognized security analyst, researcher, author and speaker, working with leading security firms, government organizations and Fortune 500 companies. As an independent voice on cyber security, Keren Elazari is the first Israeli woman to give a TED talk at the official TED Conference. Keren’s TED talk about hackers has been viewed by millions, translated to 30 languages and is one of the most watched talks on TED.com on the topic of cyber security. Keren is the founder of BSidesTLV, Israel's largest security community event, and the founder of the Leading Cyber Ladies network for Women in Cyber Security. Keren is currently a senior researcher at the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center at Tel Aviv University.