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The driverless revolution may exact a political price
"“It was a political sign that there is fear” about the impact of the trucks, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina…
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FCC's 'Net Rule Rollback Roils Foes
"“A Net Neutrality repeal would remove one of the very few most important first amendment protections communities of color have today, at a time when free…
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Did Wikileaks Commit A Crime When It 'Guessed' PutinTrump.org's Password?
"Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, said that unless the owner or operator of a system specifically auth…
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Uber signs deal to buy up to 24,000 autonomous vehicles from Volvo
"“This deal is evidence that automated driving is becoming very real,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant law professor at the University of South Caro…
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Wireless carriers on mute as U.S. top court hears big privacy case
"Unlike internet firms, telephone providers require government licenses to operate and many have signed contractual agreements that mandate cooperation wit…
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Killer robots are coming: Scientists warn UN needs treaty to maintain human control over all weapons
"Scientists who specialize in Artificial Intelligence are warning that technology has advanced to the point where we will soon see lethal weapons that can…
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Q&A: Stanford’s Riana Pfefferkorn on ‘Responsible Encryption’
"In this excerpt from an interview on Law.com’s “Unprecedented” podcast, Stanford Law cryptography fellow Riana Pfefferkorn talks about the Department of J…
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The Making of an American Nazi
"But this activity is difficult to prosecute when trolls know how to conceal their identity. A lone troll might leave his victim only one voicemail telling…
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How One Woman's Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her
"People are starting to understand “that the web watches them back,” says Aleecia McDonald, a privacy researcher at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Soci…
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Civil Rights Groups: Police Are Making Little Progress on Improving Body Cam Policies
"“By allowing officers to review footage as they write their initial incident report, it makes it easier for them to act for the camera and create multiple…
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Should police get to view bodycam footage immediately?
"“Because of what's happening around the country, officers seem to have this special advantage now where they get to view footage before writing report…
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Texas killings may aid Rosenstein’s crusade on encryption
"“It’s basically the gloves coming off,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society. Indeed, P…