Yael Grauer

Yael Grauer is an American investigative journalist who covers privacy, digital security, and surveillance. As a contributor to an Associated Press team, she shared the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for a global investigation of mass surveillance technology and its spread from Silicon Valley and China to the U.S. Border Patrol.[1][2] Her co-winners were the AP journalists Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, and Aniruddha Ghosal.[1]

Grauer spent a decade as a freelance reporter for outlets including Wired, The Intercept, Ars Technica, and Slate, writing about data brokers, security flaws, and police surveillance. With Micah Lee, she broke the news that Zoom was misleading users about its end-to-end encryption.[3][4] She later ran cybersecurity research at Consumer Reports, where she managed its Security Planner guide.[4]

Grauer also maintains the Big Ass Data Broker Opt-Out List, a do-it-yourself guide to removing personal information from data broker sites.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Yael Grauer, contributor, of Associated Press". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Here are the winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes". Poynter. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
  3. ↑ Lee, Micah; Grauer, Yael (March 31, 2020). "Zoom Meetings Do Not Support End-to-End Encryption". The Intercept. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Yael Grauer". Consumer Reports. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Californians get new data broker opt-out tool". Freedom of the Press Foundation. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Data Brokers Know Everything About You (Interview with Yael Grauer)". Privacy Guides. October 28, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
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