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Privacy

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WhatApp

Users and experts review online and mobile apps and platforms for privacy, security, and openness.  Check it out at WhatApp.org.…

Project

Privicons

Privicons is a simple approach to expressing how you want your email to be treated by the recipient. Do you want it [X]kept secret? Or do you want the informati…

Blog

Robot ethics book released by MIT Press

I am pleased to announce that our edited volume Robot Ethics: The Social and Ethical Implications of Robotics has now been released by MIT Press. The preface a…

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To Catch With A Predator

The Los Angeles Times quotes me over the weekend in its front page story about the use of a Predator B drone to catch a civilian suspect in North Dakota. In my…

Publication

The Drone as Privacy Catalyst

The Drone as Privacy Catalyst, 64 STANFORD LAW REVIEW ONLINE 29 (2011) * Publication Type:Academic Writing * Publication Date:12/12/2011 Download PDF…

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The FTC-Facebook Settlement

Earlier today the FTC released the proposed settlement agreement it reached with Facebook. When it comes to online-privacy investigations, 2011 has been a busy…