Use a fitness app to track your workouts? Your data may not be as protected as you think
"Jen King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said the information provided by companies may not be as…
"Jen King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said the information provided by companies may not be as…
"“The (Supreme) Court says the record is way too thin to justify such a sweeping invasion into his private life,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, a researcher who…
"“AI just isn’t at the level yet where it can interpret human conversation,” meaning the companies need to rely on monitoring to help train the systems, sa…
"“Even if the phones are well secured, allowing the vendor to take the data off the device and store it on their servers would be a source of security risk…
"“We are thinking very much about functionality. What happens if the box is taken? Then obviously, if the box is taken we have technological concerns about…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the issue of compelling defe…
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on TechTank. Facebook’s recent settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reignited debate over w…
"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington and an affiliate scholar at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, says that wh…
"Instead, companies might continue to wait and see what happens with Brexit and hope that European regulators do not pursue the issue before they spend wha…
"Ryan Calo, faculty co-director of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab, said that while the devices are not listening, there remain concerns over…
"“Whatever the law says, it’s not good corporate practice to leave consumers in the dark about their data being exfiltrated,” says Ryan Calo, a law profess…
‘Read Me’ Or Just Tap ‘I Agree’ There’s a huge group of people at work behind our screens. They’re called behaviour architects, persuasive designers or user-ex…