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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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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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Ele Sabe Tudo Sobre Você (Trecho)
Ryan Calo quoted in the cover story for the Brazilian magazine Epoca on the Facebook IPO. (Note: Full story behind paywall) * Date Published:02/08/2012 * Or…
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Three Cheers for Obscurity, an Unspoken Beneficiary of United States v. Jones
Last week, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in United States v. Jones, in which the Justices held that the government's installation of a GPS device on…
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New To The US: Microsoft Uses Privacy As A Selling Tool
KUOW's Sara Lerner interviews Ryan Calo about privacy as it relates to Microsoft placing ads in newspapers across the country toutings its efforts to protec…
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Sharing Passwords Is Romantic, But Not Without Risk
NPR's Neal Conan speaks with Woodrow Hartzog, Junior Affiliate Scholar CIS and assistant professor of privacy law and online agreements at Samford Universit…