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…
(English translation.) "In countries where these cars are planned there are loopholes that need to be resolved, recognizes the lawyer Bryant Walker Smith o…
"Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington, said the rules would allow many of the uses of drones that people in the commerc…
"“Information by itself can commit a crime now,” Calo said by phone. I asked Calo if he thought any humans should take the fall for van der Goot’s bot, if…
"The proposal would forbid drone delivery, so "Google and Amazon will not be pleased quite yet," Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of…
"The privacy-versus-information debate took center stage at one of Friday’s panels. The discussion among panelists that included Symantec’s Chief Executive…
"“They moved over to us aggressively,” said Marvin Ammori, a scholar at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society who was speaking on a Lin…
"But Jennifer Granick, with the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, says before that can happen the president needs to build trust. She…
Other Stanford scholars participating in afternoon sessions include Amy Zegart, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation and senior…
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said she was hopeful the FBI would not succeed in…
"Security experts like Jonathan Mayer — a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Stanford University whose research focuses on technology policy — are frus…
"“Suppose a person logs in from a public wireless network, such as at a coffee shop or airport,” said Jonathan Mayer, a lawyer and computer science graduat…
News aggregation services, particularly Google News, appear to be under attack in several European countries. Belgium, Germany, and most recently Spain have tri…