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 don’t see a privacy problem with leveraging cell towers,” says Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, where he teaches a class on…
"“Whether the NSA can restart this bulk collection is a novel question, and this decision should not be made in secret. The Fisa court should appoint an am…
""The problem is this 'mushy middle' of automation, where the human is disengaged enough to be really distracted but still have to perform som…
"It’s a decision which, according to Danielle Citron, a professor of law at University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, upends…
"David Levine, a law professor at Elon University, suggests that company executives work with IT staff to spot irregular computer use, which can flag thing…
"“This shows that there’s a really serious lack of consensus as to what the government surveils in our name, and what we really want as Americans,” Granick…
""Security tools like PGP encryption are most effective when they are used widely," said CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator Geoffrey King. "F…
""The court doesn't answer the question, whether if you know there is a substantial likelihood you're scaring the living daylights out of some…
"It might be a valuable function to discover that a company's secret information has been disclosed, but it's harder to make a case for what to do…
"Stanford legal scholar Jennifer Granick wrote before Sunday’s vote that the Senate shouldn’t rush to pass the Freedom Act as is. It “was negotiated at a t…
"“The American people have learned the hard way to be skeptical of such scare-mongering,” said Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Un…
"Unfortunately, consumers don't have a lot of options for evaluating the security of dating services, according to Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist…