Sarah Jamie Lewis

{{Short description|Privacy and anonymity researcher; technologist}}

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Sarah Jamie Lewis is an anonymity and privacy researcher with published research in the fields of deanonymization{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Alex |title=Hackers take down thousands of 'dark web' sites, post private data |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hacking-in-america/hackers-take-down-thousands-dark-web-sites-post-private-data-n717556 |access-date=5 March 2024 |publisher=NBC News |date=7 February 2017 |language=en}} and e-voting.{{cite news |last1=Wuthrich |first1=Bernard |title=Le vote électronique de La Poste est suspendu jusqu'à nouvel avis - Le Temps |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/vote-electronique-poste-suspendu-jusqua-nouvel-avis |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Le Temps |date=29 March 2019 |language=fr}} In 2019, Lewis in collaboration with researchers from the University of Melbourne and UCLouvain published details of critical vulnerabilities impacting electronic voting systems in Switzerland{{cite web |last1=Zetter |first1=Kim |title=Researchers Find Critical Backdoor in Swiss Online Voting System |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/researchers-find-critical-backdoor-in-swiss-online-voting-system/ |website=Vice |access-date=5 March 2024 |language=en |date=12 March 2019}} and Australia.{{cite news |last1=Hendry |first1=Justin |title=Crypto defect found in Swiss e-voting system |url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/crypto-defect-found-in-swiss-e-voting-system-520440 |access-date=5 March 2024 |publisher=iTnews |date=19 March 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Barbaschow |first1=Asha |title=Australian electoral legislation amendments leave door open to electronic voting |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-electoral-legislation-amendments-leave-door-open-to-electronic-voting/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=ZDNET |date=29 June 2020 |language=en}}

Lewis has also researched the privacy protocols (or lack thereof) of sex toys.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/sex-robot-ethics/ |title=The Squishy Ethics of Sex With Robots |first=Adam |last=Rogers |date=2018-02-02 |magazine=Wired |access-date=2018-02-02}}{{Cite web |url=https://boingboing.net/2018/02/02/sarah-jamie-lewis.html |title=The Internet of Connected Sex Toys is every bit as horrifyingly insecure and poorly thought out as you imagine |last=Doctorow |first=Cory |author-link=Cory Doctorow |date=2018-02-02 |website=Boing Boing |access-date=2018-02-02}} She has been cited in academic research regarding their security.{{Cite web |url=https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3139942 |title=Sexual Intimacy in the Age of Smart Devices: Are We Practicing Safe IoT? |last=Wynn |first=Matthew |date=2017-11-03 |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |access-date=2018-02-26 }} She believes there is a lack of legal framework related to the field of onion dildonics, stating that "We are currently sprinting into this world of connected sex toys and connected sex tech without regards to what consent, privacy, or security means in that context..." and recommending "100% encrypted peer-to-peer cyber sex over Tor hidden services."{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/sex-toy-bluetooth-hacks-security-fix |title=Smart dildos and vibrators keep getting hacked – but Tor could be the answer to safer connected sex |last=Burgess |first=Matt |date=2018-02-03 |magazine=Wired |access-date=2018-02-09}} More generally, due to the litigious environment in which computer security researchers operate, she has opted to build bespoke secure systems rather than fix broken systems.{{Cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/chilling-effect-lawsuits-threaten-security-research-need-it-most/ |title=Lawsuits threaten infosec research — just when we need it most |last=Whittaker |first=Zack |date=2018-02-19 |website=ZDNet |access-date=2018-02-21}}

In 2017, Lewis edited a collection of essays entitled Queer Privacy, focussing on the effects of technology on marginalised communities;{{cite web |url=https://www.scl.org/3931-book-review-queer-privacy/ |title=Book Review: Queer Privacy |first=Neil |last=Brown |publisher=Society for Computers and Law |date=2017-05-30 |access-date=2025-01-22 }}{{Cite book |first=Sarah Jamie |last=Lewis |url={{Google books |id=f3cnDwAAQBAJ |plainurl=yes }} |title=Queer Privacy |isbn=9781365978142 |date=2 May 2017 |publisher=Lulu.com }} she describes herself as a "Vegan Lesbian, Queer Anarchist"{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis |title=Sarah Jamie Lewis |via=Twitter |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330012004/https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis |date= |archive-date=2019-03-30 |access-date=2025-01-22 }} and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.