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…
"We've seen an explosion of efforts to create location-tracking techniques to fight the spread of COVID-19. The mobile advertising industry is legally…
"Ryan Calo, a law professor and co-founder of the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington, said Zoom was undergoing "an enormous stress test&q…
""I think the privacy risks are very small here," says Albert Gidari, the director of privacy at the Center for Internet & Society at Stanfor…
"While this has been part of U.S. privacy policy for about 40 years, the rapid spread of the coronavirus could see data shared at an unprecedented scale —…
"“It’s a combination of sloppy engineering and prioritizing growth,” said Jonathan Mayer, an assistant professor of computer science and public affairs at…
"So where does the big AI scare come from? A large part of the problem, as often, comes down to misunderstanding. There is one point that Frischmann was de…
""It's as though, in suddenly shifting from the office to work from home, we didn't so much move the conference room into our kitchens as into…
"And of course, the question of warfare itself raises its own massive ethical quandary. Some, like ethicist Patrick Lin, view it as a social problem, not a…
"Al Gidari, the consulting director of privacy at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society and a former top private attorney representing companies like…
""This bill… is clearly a ‘backdoor to a backdoor’ to encryption,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Sta…
"“Aggregate and anonymized location data may be useful to track trends, but public health officials agree that at this point in time, using individualized…
""I'm not against fighting this epidemic with data or tech," said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington researcher affiliated with Stanford&#…