NICKELSBURG: Experts like Andrea Matwyshyn say when that design tricks a consumer into doing something they didn't intend to, it becomes a dark pattern. She…
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most…
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina, says that federal and state laws probably don’t pose much of a barrier to those…
""If you speak with policymakers and technical specialists about cybersecurity, they often speak about similar problems but use totally different lang…
"On Feb. 16, eight privacy and security law professors—Kenneth A. Bamberger, Woodrow Hartzog, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, William McGeveran, Deirdre K. Mulligan,…
"“Spying is thriving” because little is understood about how pervasive it is. So writes Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law Scho…
"We’re headed to a world of embedded sensors in everything, that measure everything, that see everything, that hear everything,” said Albert Gidari, direct…
"“Seriously, a hairbrush? Do we really need that to be connected to the internet?” LeBlanc asked. Danielle Citron, a nationally known online safety and pri…
"“I’d be wary of dramatic proposals that could create more problems than they solve,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an expert on autonomous vehicles at the Uni…
"One of House’s lawyers, Catherine Crump, who was then an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union and now teaches law at the University of Californi…
"“We’re headed to a world of embedded sensors in everything, that measure everything, that see everything, that hear everything,” says Albert Gidari, direc…
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who focuses on emerging technologies, said that evidence from devices like pacemakers shouldn’t…
"“That discrepancy demands explanation,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina and expert on autonomous-vehicle laws. “…
"“The Congress that tried to destroy net neutrality once would only weaken it with legislation that fails to adequately protect those it is meant to serve,…