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Drones, Privacy, and Air Rights
The Volokh Conspiracy praises Ryan Calo's work on privacy and drones. ". . . the article has the good sense to consult Stanford’s Ryan Calo, who has…
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Safari Trackers
Apple’s Safari web browser is configured to block third-party cookies by default. We identified four advertising companies that unexpectedly place trackable coo…
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Google Tracks Unknowing Apple Users
CNN's John King speaks with Jonathan Mayer, the grad student who cracked the code that allowed Google to track users. * Date Published:02/17/2012 * Origi…
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Google Under Fire Over Secretly Tracking Users
* Date Published:02/17/2012 * Original Publication:CBS…
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Apple's Foxconn Supplier
Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student at Stanford University, talks about his research on Google Inc.'s violation of users' privacy on Apple Inc.'s Saf…
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Google and Others Tracking Safari Browser Users
Google and other companies which deliver online ads have been tracking which websites Apple Safari browsers have been accessing—despite default settings which a…
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Stanford Researcher Rebuts Google’s Browser Privacy Defense
SF Gate's James Temple interviews Jonathan Mayer about his study and Google bypassing the privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser. * Date Published…
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Google’s Cookie Trick in Safari Stirs Debate
Jonathan Mayer's findings are "stirring up much discussion online," according to a New York Times Bits discussion: "Google’s Cookie Trick in…
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Nevada Approves Autonomous Driving Regulation
Nevada's Legislative Commission has approved the Nevada DMV's autonomous driving regulation, which will now take effect on March 1, 2012. In other news…
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The Tech Chronicles: The Dawning Age of Personal Robotics
James Temple interviews Ryan Calo about the dawning age of personal robotics. * Date Published:02/15/2012 * Original Publication:SF Gate…
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Kim Dotcom, Pirate King
Chris Sprigman is quoted in Businessweek about "secondary infringement" in an article asking "Is Kim Dotcom a criminal mastermind, or the world&#…
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Facebook awards McGill students Digital Citizenship Research grant
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Shaheen Shariff has been named as one of four worldwide recipients of Facebook’s first Digital Citizenship research grants – a $50,00…