The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
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NPR's Neal Conan speaks with Woodrow Hartzog, Junior Affiliate Scholar CIS and assistant professor of privacy law and online agreements at Samford University, about the social and legal risks associated with password sharing. Read more » about Sharing Passwords Is Romantic, But Not Without Risk
Ryan Calo is quoted by Tom Vanderbilt, author of the New York Times bestseller Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do (And What It Says About Us), in the cover story of the February 2012 issue of Wired Magazine titled, “Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here." Read more » about Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here
Cars can do all sorts of things automatically these days — parallel park, adjust headlights, and sense when you're tired and sound an alarm or vibrate the driver seat. Cars also exist, albeit not yet on the consumer market, that can operate entirely free of a human driver. Two states, Nevada and Florida, are already considering regulating the operation of driverless cars. Audie Cornish talks with Bryant Walker Smith, who studies driverless car technology and policy at Stanford University, for more. Read more » about Where Is Driverless Car Technology Now?
Steven Cherry interviews Professor Barbara van Schewick about Verizon and Google Wallet.
Transcripts of the interview can be found at the original publication link below. Read more » about Verizon Versus Google Wallet
Bank Technology News reports on Prof. van Schewick's recent letter to the FCC. Read more » about Professor Lodges Complaint over Verizon's Block of Google Wallet