<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><img src="cid:ii_kknmgxvi1" alt="Capture.PNG" width="562" height="445"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The <a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/soups2021/call-for-papers">Seventeenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2021)</a> </span></b>

<strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">will be held </strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><u>as a virtual event</u></b></span><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> on August 8–10, 2021</strong><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, and will be co-located with the <a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity21" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,109,177)">30th USENIX Security Symposium</span></a> in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.4pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">In cooperation with <a href="https://www.usenix.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,109,177)">USENIX</span></a>, the Advanced Computing Systems Association</span></i><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.4pt;font-size:12pt"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica"><i><b>*Deadline approaching*: The paper registration deadline will be in less than 3 weeks, and the paper submission deadline will be in less than 4 weeks!</b></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 3pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Important Dates</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8.4pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">All dates are at 23:59 AoE (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,109,177)">Anywhere on Earth</span></a>) time. These are firm deadlines; no extensions will be granted.</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(51,51,51)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Mandatory Paper Registration Deadline: <b>Thursday, February 18, 2021</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(51,51,51)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Paper Submission Deadline: <b>Thursday, February 25, 2021</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(51,51,51)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Early Rejection Notification: <b>Tuesday, March 30, 2021</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(51,51,51)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Rebuttal Period: <b>Thursday, April 29–Thursday, May 6, 2021</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(51,51,51)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Paper Notifications: <b>Friday, May 21, 2021</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(51,51,51)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Final Paper Files Due: <b>Wednesday, June 9, 2021</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b>PLEASE ALSO NOTE:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Feb 18 Paper Registration: Due to briefly overlapping deadlines, authors awaiting IEEE S&P notifications may register a SOUPS abstract of this same work. However, authors must immediately withdraw their SOUPS paper registration on Feb 19 if it is accepted at IEEE S&P.  No other overlap in submission is permitted.  Contact the SOUPS Chairs at <a href="mailto:soups21chairs@usenix.org" target="_blank">soups21chairs@usenix.org</a>  if you have any questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Publicity Co-Chair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Yaxing Yao & Charles Weir</span></p></div>