The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit against Amazon
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…
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…
""The justices had phones [by 1967], and they knew that they talked about their most private stuff on those phones," says Jennifer Stisa Granick,…
""Judge Orenstein ruled the FBI’s request would 'thoroughly undermine fundamental principles of the Constitution’ and we agree," an Apple spo…
"We know that one photo can ruin your career,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of the book “Hate Crimes in C…
""The FBI's interest in this narrow case overshadows a wealth of other important American interests," says Jennifer Granick, director of civi…
"“Part of the conversation is whether the FBI has sufficient training and access to technology (to do its job). Asking the private sector to help is not th…
"After lunch, Princeton University's Arvind Narayanan took the stage, drawing parallels between the histories of gold mining and telephone line install…
"However, the most interesting filing of all may be the one filed by a group of iPhone Security and Applied Cryptography Experts, and put together by Jenni…
"Winning the privacy fight isn’t guaranteed, because of the limited reach of the Brooklyn ruling. “It’s important to note from a legal standpoint there is…
"It turns out that several people have found themselves in that situation over the years. University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo explores how the…
"In concert with the brief, Richard Salgado, director of Law Enforcement and Information Security at Google, published a March 3 blog post stating Google…
"Barbara van Schewick, Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society and a leading expert on net neutrality, argues that Stream TV cont…
"On Thursday, a group of those iPhone hackers and other security researchers filed an amicus brief siding with Apple in its intensifying legal battle over…