Taking Scale Seriously in Technology Law
Issues of scale—the relationship between the amount of an activity and its associated costs and benefits—permeate discussions around law and technologies. Indee…
Cyber Surveillance
Normalizing Facial Recognition Technology and The End of Obscurity
This article argues that facial recognition technology is the most dangerous surveillance tool ever invented. Given the unique threats this morally suspect tool…
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MA bill would ban 'surveillance pricing' in grocery stores. Here's how it would work
Woodrow Hartzog, a professor at Boston University's School of Law, said surveillance pricing allows companies to figure out the highest price that customers…
The Ongoing Fight to Keep Evidence Intact in the Face of AI Deception
Last week, television news host Chris Cuomo fell for a deepfake video of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) despite its being prominently labeled as…
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ACLU Expert: Please Don't Make Bulk Snooping by Governments Easier
Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, came to Black Hat to discuss possible workarounds for a particu…
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Keynote Threat Modeling and Constitutional Law Jennifer Granick
At Black Hat USA 2025, Jennifer Granick—Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union—takes the keynote stage to make a bold case…
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Why we are Re-Engineering Humanity
Re-Engineering Humanity with Brett Frischmann, the interdisciplinary law professor shares his unexpected journey from studying math, science, and astrophysics t…
We need our platforms to put people and democratic society ahead of cheap profits
Fake news captures attention and is corrosive. Like many similar social problems online, it is a symptom of surveillance capitalism. Surveillance capitalism exp…