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…
"“I am a longtime (well, several month) critic of contact tracing apps because I don't think they will work, especially in an environment like the Unit…
"“I am not aware of the app collecting more or qualitatively different data than other social media platforms. I do think TikTok has become the latest ligh…
"Richard Forno, director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s cybersecurity graduate program, contends that TikTok is no more or less invasive…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, told Motherboard in an email, &qu…
"While there’s a lot individuals can do to identify misinformation and reduce their role in spreading it, the main culprits are Twitter, Facebook and other…
"Wide-ranging in its focus, an analysis from Riana Pfefferkorn of Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society shows that it “isn’t just aimed at Apple, Goog…
"Given that many US government leaders have led decades-long history of opposition to private use of digital encryption, cybersecurity and privacy advocate…
"This could all lead to soaring fines, warned Omer Tene, vice president and chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professiona…
"The bill is a “full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in all its forms,” says Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity…
"The initial reaction by academics, cryptographers, technologists, and human rights advocates to the latest bill was swift and harsh. “This bill is the enc…
"Privacy advocates were skeptical that the federal government would be satisfied with just unlocking seized phones, though, and LAEDA’s requirement of lawf…
"But Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, said the horrifying nature of his crimes should not obscure the need for more t…