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…
"At the local level, driverless cars will change the way cities think about zoning, parking and idling rules, and could eventually allow cities to develop…
""This is one of those unanswered legal questions: Is there any circumstance under which they could get password information?" said Jennifer Gran…
"While the most recent allegations did not include PulsePoint stealing any personal information from users, the damage was real, said Aleecia McDonald, dir…
""It's sort of like a puzzle that those of us who are in [the digital security] field have been trying to put together for years," said Jenni…
"“Self-regulation in its purest form is a recipe for disaster. There are simply too many incentives to violate privacy interests and too little transparenc…
"Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford Centers for Automotive Research and Internet and Society, looks at developments in driverless car technology.&qu…
"A number of researchers (including me) recently joined an amicus brief (filed by Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society in the “Weev” case), arguing h…
""I call obscurity 'pretty good privacy,'" Woodrow Hartzog, a privacy expert affiliated with Stanford's Center for Internet and Socie…
"“I am convinced that when the technology is ready, the law and policy will make room,” Bryant Walker Smith, a Stanford Law School fellow who organized the…
"Whether the government could obtain a user's login information with a wiretap order is an "unanswered legal question" in the United States,…
"Ryan Calo, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and advisory board member at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said…
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in new technologies and privacy, has suggested that gadgets like Google Glass o…