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Use of drones by Seattle police strikes a nerve
"How can they (law enforcement) shepherd us into an age when we have drones if they don't deal with people's privacy fears?" said Ryan Calo, a…
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Chevron Subpoenas Google and Others for Private Email Info
""They just basically drag the net through these set of activists...and just basically [say], 'Let's get what we can and see what it turns up,…
Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States
Bryant Walker Smith, Automated Vehicles Are Probably Legal in the United States, 1 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 411 (2014) (SSRN) This 2014 law review article (an upda…
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Romney and Obama Campaigns Leaking Web Site Visitor Data
But now a new study by Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student in computer science and law at Stanford University, reports that both sites are leaking information ab…
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Zillow now lists homes in foreclosure
"Sometimes things are protected not by the law but by the act of having to go look it up," said Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington…
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Five Nonobvious Ways Seattle Is Wired
I recently moved from San Francisco to Seattle. Among my concerns were (a) weather, (b) Mexican food, and (c) the technology sector. There is a sea of clouds…
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Angst vor den fliegenden Augen
"Es ist wie mit anderen Errungenschaften auch, die zunächst überwiegend vom Militär genutzt wurden", sagt Ryan Calo von der Washington State Universit…
Open Book Club: A Conversation With Neal Stephenson
CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo interviews Neal Stephenson, author of Readme. Topics include privacy, virtual economics and security. Beth Cantrell, Greg Lastow…
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Fair Use Prospers on Campus
Last week's decision in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust -- upholding the Mass Digitization Project (MPD) -- was a big victory for fair use. The MDP is a project…
BIG DATA: Professor Omer Tene Explains the Privacy Risks Behind the Buzz
Professor Omer Tene, privacy expert in law and technology, sat down with TAP to discuss the risks big data poses to privacy and the challenges to existing priva…
Prof. Shubha Ghosh - Hearsay Culture - Show #174 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technol…
Prof. Chris Sprigman - Hearsay Culture - Show #173 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technol…