🔍 Analyze Your Smartphone Apps for Privacy with Sean O’Brien

Hands-On Workshops, Held Remotely for Cybersecurity Awareness Month:

• 🗓️ Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM — 3:30 PM EST (Eastern New York)
• 🗓️ Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM — 3:30 PM EST (Eastern New York)

 

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Attend a live 90-minute technical workshop with Sean O’Brien, founder of Yale Privacy Lab, Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School, and Director of Cybersecurity at Bay Path University. In this small-group setting, you’ll learn how to dissect the apps you use every day, uncover hidden SDK trackers, and monitor how your data moves across networks.

Sean has led groundbreaking investigations into app trackers and privacy threats, both as founder of Yale Privacy Lab and as the founder of ExpressVPN’s Digital Security Lab. His work has been featured widely, including in NBC News’ recent in-depth investigation into apps used in an electric scooter scam.

 

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🎓 What You’ll Learn

• How to identify SDKs and trackers inside Android apps
• Methods for analyzing iOS applications and understanding App Store privacy labels
• Tools for static and dynamic analysis of mobile apps (APK teardown, traffic interception, MITM inspection)
• Network monitoring techniques to detect hidden data flows and suspicious connections
• Real-world case studies drawn from Sean’s published investigations and media work

💡 Expert Instructor

• Sean O’Brien – Founder of Yale Privacy Lab, Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School, Director of Cybersecurity at Bay Path University, and founder of ExpressVPN’s Digital Security Lab.

🧭 Workshop Format

• 90-minute remote session via secure video conferencing
• Presentation + live demo + Q&A
• Step-by-step walkthrough of app-analysis methods you can reproduce
• Technical assistance from Sean O’Brien during Q&A
• This ticket reserves your seat in a small group (not a one-on-one, which can be scheduled for an additional fee)

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📅 How It Works

• Workshops will be held on pre-announced dates throughout 2025
• Workshops are at least 90 minutes long (may run slightly longer with Q&A)
• Each ticket admits one participant to one scheduled 90-minute session

⚠️ Please Note

• This session is educational in nature and does not provide legal advice
• Topics may include sensitive material related to surveillance and data exploitation
• Tickets are non-refundable once scheduled, but may be transferred or rescheduled based on availability

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Test, Detect, Defend.

Learn how to investigate the apps you use and protect your digital footprint.