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…
"Danielle Citron is an expert on online harassment and privacy. She's the author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (Harvard University Press September 2014)…
"“As a consequence, the rules were really good for Google, because they did exactly what Google wanted them to do,” said Ryan Calo, a robotics professor at…
""Encryption will seriously interfere with the ability to routinely intercept communication, as our national intelligence seems to be doing domestical…
"“Here’s an extreme example: What if Amazon’s robotic warehouses could reorganize themselves to meet fire code requirements with very little advance notice…
"Legal expert Andrew Bridges told CBS MoneyWatch said Slater isn’t the copyright owner because he didn’t have artistic control. “Copyright requires origina…
"FaceTime and "possibly" WhatsApp are the only applications that prevent governments from accessing the contents of communication, a cybersecurit…
"Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford law school professor who also has a Ph.D. in computer science and expertise in the economics of innovation, had a bigger…
""The unanimous conclusion—the scientific consensus—in industry, in academia, and even among government experts is that there is a significant securit…
"Prof. Woodrow Hartzog is an interesting voice on privacy law and technology. He has written about his own research and interviewed others on the role that…
"The Volkswagen case breaks new ground for how corporations can make "end runs" around legal requirements, said Ryan Calo, a University of Washin…
""That's a very powerful threat to make to a fledgling company or a startup," says David Levine, a law professor at Elon University. "I&…
"“We know how to build the least bad backdoor. We know how to build one of these things in a way that minimizes the possible security and privacy problems.…