IMDEA Networks
Nipuna WEERASEKARA
PhD Student
- Affiliation: IMDEA Networks Institute, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (U3CM)
- BSc: Information Systems (Honors) - University of Colombo. Colombo, Sri Lanka
- BSc Thesis: Large Scale Analysis on Vulnerability Remediation in Open-Source JavaScript Projects
- Former position: Research Assistant at SCORELAB, Sri Lanka
- Joining date: March 2023
- Leaving date: August 2025
- Website: https://niweera.com
- Email: nipuna.weerasekaraimdea.org
- Phone: +34 657 564 128
Publications
Bridges to Self: Silent Web-to-App Tracking on Mobile via Localhost
Tim Vlummens, Aniketh Girish, Nipuna Weerasekara, Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, Acar Gunes, Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez
Usenix Security Symposium. Baltimore, MD, USA. August 2026
Tracking Without Borders: Studying the Role of WebViews in Bridging Mobile and Web Tracking
Nipuna Weerasekara, Jose Miguel Moreno, Srdjan Matic, Joel Reardon, Juan Tapiador, Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (was International Workshop of Privacy Enhancing Technologies). Washington, DC, USA. July 2025