Exigent Circumstances: iOS 12’s USB Restricted Mode and Warrantless iPhone Access
Apple recently confirmed the introduction of a new feature called “USB Restricted Mode” in the latest version of the iPhone’s mobile operating system, iOS 12. I…
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Using 23andMe to Reunite Families at the Border Comes With Serious Privacy Risks
"“I would be extremely concerned about this and [the possibility] that law enforcement would be interested in asking for that data,” says Jen King, directo…
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Police: Backup driver in fatal Uber crash was distracted
"Both Vasquez and Uber could still face civil liability in the case, Uber for potentially negligent hiring, training and supervision, said Bryant Walker Sm…
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AT&T Trickery Helps Kill California’s Looming Net Neutrality Law
"“There was no discussion of the amendments,” notes net neutrality activist and journalist Ryan Singel, fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for Inte…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating that friends had posted messages on his w…
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Massachusetts Welcomes Self-Driving Cars—With a Couple Caveats
"“I'm really pleased to see the coordination with and among cities,” says Bryant Walker Smith, who studies autonomous vehicle legislation at the Univer…
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How Twitter Made The Tech World's Most Unlikely Comeback
"“They are incredibly serious about addressing abuse and harassment, threats, and nonconsensual pornography,” University of Maryland law professor Danielle…
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What 7 Creepy Patents Reveal About Facebook
"As long as Facebook keeps collecting personal information, we should be wary that it could be used for purposes more insidious than targeted advertising,…
Amazon Needs to Stop Providing Facial Recognition Tech for the Government
Imagine a technology that is potently, uniquely dangerous — something so inherently toxic that it deserves to be completely rejected, banned, and stigmatized. S…
How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives
Cross-posted from Scientific American. Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox fill with Facebook notifications indicating t…
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The Dangers of Tech's Privacy Promises
"“The space for existing without being searchable and findable at all times is shrinking,” Woodrow Hartzog, author of Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Co…
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Lessons From Making Internet Companies Liable For User's Speech: You Get Less Speech, Less Security And Less Innovation
"Stanford's Daphne Keller is one of the world's foremost experts on intermediary liability protections and someone we've mentioned on the websi…