2024-09-25 A podcast about my research on sustainable digitalization is out, and can be listed to (in Dutch).
2024-07-03 I was interviewed by Trouw (in Dutch) on the rising carbon emissions by Google and Microsoft due to the increasing use of AI.
2024-03-16 Interview on Radboud Recharge about the digital clean up day, and how to manage datasets more sustainable.
2024-01-04 Interviewed by Binnenlands Bestuur (in Dutch) on how the Dutch governement forgets IT for its climate goals and Business Insider on how the Dutch governement forgets IT for its climate goals: higher data usage of computers using AI and archiving requirements.
2023-12-06 Interviewed by ANS (in Dutch) on the size of our digital footprint.
2023-12-01 Interviewed on Radio 1 (in Dutch) to answer questions on the effect on sustainability of Google deleting old accounts.
2023-11-22 Interviewed on Radio 1 (in Dutch) to answer questions on how much water ChatGPT costs to answer questions.
2023-11-17 Interviewed by KennisLink for an article on sustainable data storage.
2023-11-03 Interviewed by AG Connect about how organisations can make their IT consume less energy.
2023-06-15 I was interviewed by Trouw (in Dutch) about the new EU AI Act and the sustainability rules that where part of the act. Europa wil AI-techniek beteugelen, ook de grote CO2-voetafdruk ervan.
2023-05-31 I was interviewed by KennisLink (in Dutch) about the energy consumption of our online behaviour. 5 vragen over ons online energieverbruik.
2023-05-22 I was interviewed by het Financieel Dagblad (in Dutch) about the likely stall in applying/integrating AI due to the energy consumption and the scarcity of energy. Ontwikkeling AI loopt vast op astronomisch stroomverbruik.
2023-04-29 I was interviewed by de Datavakbond (in Dutch) about sustainable digitalization, mainly focusing on energy consumption.
2023-04-24 I was interviewed by The Register about a new type of storage device that has build in AI to help protect against Ransomware.
2022-12-31 Helped NOSop3 to prepare an explainer about the effects of AI. See it here.
2022-12-02 Interviewed on national radio Radio 1, Nieuws en Co about TikTok and how Chinese employees can access data from European users. In the fragment from minute 34:00 onwards I make the point that there are multiple (mental health) apps were the user data flows to foreign countries, so the problem is not contained to TikTok.
2022-11-18 Interviewed in de Volkskrant (in Dutch) about my SSD discovery and the fallout it caused.
2022-10-27 Interviewed for AG connect (in Dutch) about how to make software sustainable.
2022-10-06 Interviewed for the Dutch radio in the Atlas show about the privacy implications of data.
2022-08-20 Helped NOSop3 to prepare an explainer about the algorithms used in TikTok, and their influence. See it here.
2022-04-21 AG connect interviewed me about how we incorporate sustainability in our eduction. Read more.
2022-03-10 Cindy Cloin interviewed me for an article called Elections via the internet? that could easily compromise the freedom to vote, about software used during elections.
2022-02-12 A NOSop3 explainer about the Pegasus spy software was published. I gave some factual input on the video (and I'm credited in the description of the video).
2021-09-15 Bernard van Gastel was a guest in the Dutch science TV show Atlas to talk about the CoronaCheck QR-codes and what the issues with interfacing between the digital and analogue world are. CoronaCheck is the Dutch national COVID app to prove that the user has been vaccinated or has been tested, using QR-codes. It was designed with privacy in mind. But as with many digital systems, the interfacing with the real world can be a problem. Watch here.
2021-04-29 An interview about my job was featured in Tech Gelderland, and in the Gelderlander newspaper. The full interview is available online: Onderzoek naar menselijke maat bij digitalisering.
2021-03-16 A podcast by 3FM about my SSD security research was recorded (in Dutch). You can listen it online.
2020-06-03 An interview with me about COVID tracking apps was published in iBestuur #35 (in Dutch).
2018-11-08 Interviewed by de Gelderlander (in Dutch) about the encryption used in a criminal chat service the police shut down: Chatdienst onderwereld opgerold, en nu?.
2018-11-05 Many media articles related to our SSD security paper:
Solid state of fear: Euro boffins bust open SSD, Bitlocker encryption (it's really, really dumb) by the Register.
Flaws in Self-Encrypting SSDs Let Attackers Bypass Disk Encryption by Slashdot.
Security researchers have busted the encryption in several popular Crucial and Samsung SSDs by Techcrunch.
but also many others (160+). Samsung, Crucial, and Microsoft issued software updates in the aftermath.
2018-04-09 Interviewed by de Volkskrant about how China can read your hard disk: Experts vertellen hoe China je laptop kan leeghalen - dit is hoe je je daartegen kunt wapenen.
2018-03-02 Interviewed by KennisLink about security in modern processors: Hoe moderne processoren informatie lekken.
2018-01-04 Interviewed by TV program RTL-Z about the Meltdown security issues in Intel processors.
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