Why You Shouldn’t Be Comforted by Internet Providers’ Promises to Protect Your Privacy
This week President Trump signed a congressional resolution to repeal protections—scheduled to go into effect in December 2017—that would have prevented interne…
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Self-Driving Cars Raise Questions About Who Carries Insurance
"Still, for many years, there will not be a large number of fully driverless cars on the road. So for the most part, says Bryant Walker Smith, a law profes…
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Congress rolls back Internet privacy protections
"“Your information is very valuable,” said Scott Shackelford, Chair of the Cyber Security at Indiana University, Bloomington. “A lot of people do not treat…
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How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons
"“We’re talking about this kind of manipulation that literally affects people’s income,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington wh…
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Amazon’s Kodi Box Ban and Copyright Liability for Device Distributors
Amazon’s latest effort to mitigate IP infringement in its third-party seller program is a ban on the sale of streaming media devices (“Kodi boxes”) that promote…
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Conundrum stalling Seattle’s body-cam policy
"Because of the sensitivity of the issue, the city attorney didn’t want to talk about it on the record. Harlan Yu was open to discussing the issue, however…
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When self-driving vehicles crash, who's to blame?
"Where technology stands today — at level two or below — it’s the driver, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant law professor at the University of South C…
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Inside the car-eat-car world of self-driving technology
"“The money involved — the money expended in these research efforts and the money expected if they’re successful — has just ballooned and become so much mo…
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Robot cars: panacea or plague?
"“We’re trying to catch things at the right time in their development,” says Ryan Calo, report co-author and law professor in UW’s Tech Policy Lab."…
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'Unreal when it targets you': Faceless trolls attack online
"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of the book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," said some state and federal official…
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Cyber expert explains internet privacy concerns after House blocks online privacy rule
"CBS4 spoke to IU Bloomington Cyber Security Program Chair Scott Shackelford about what it now means for you when you're browsing online. Shackelford…
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High-Tech Cars May Soon Be Talking To Each Other
"Bryant Walker Smith, a Stanford affiliate scholar specializing in technology and law, says this could let a single trucker lead a “platoon” of automated b…