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…
""This reads like a stream of consciousness tweetstorm that some poor staffer had to turn into the form of an Executive Order," said Daphne Kelle…
"Daphne Keller, a fellow at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, said, “If the [executive order] had legal effect, it would certainly make it much,…
"GDPR's protections work only if regulators make violators "feel it," says Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer for the International Associati…
"Jennifer Granick, an attorney specializing in surveillance and cybersecurity technologies at the American Civil Liberties Union, told The Intercept that S…
""No contact tracing app can be fully effective until there is widespread, free, and quick testing and equitable access to health care,” said Jennifer…
"“Data collected in connection with contact tracing should not be used for any secondary purpose, let alone a commercial one,” wrote Ryan Calo, an associat…
"“Either you have a system unlikely to help people navigate their world, to leave their house and feel safe, or you have privacy trade-offs," said Uni…
"Some privacy advocates have favored the Google-Apple approach because it offers more privacy and security. But others, including Ryan Calo, a law professo…
"“We find ourselves in a position where we know technology and information will have a role,” Ryan Calo, an associate professor at the UW School of Law, sa…
"“Barr’s and Wray’s speeches make it clear that, even if the government has the capability to get into locked phones, it’s far from giving up on its quest…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, noted that the FBI was eventually…
"“Law enforcement use of this ‘agent’ keylogger feature can be legal, so long as the warrant the government gets to search and seize the device spells out…