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…
"“The FAA intends to announce a plan for commercial operators to seek certificates of authorization in September of 2015, but that does not mean that drone…
"“This use of license-plate scanning differs from the way police contemplate using drones, and in many ways it’s probably worse,” Calo said. “This is more…
"Each year at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference, organized by the UC Berkeley School of Law and the George Washington University (GWU) School of Law, sch…
"This court has evolved to serve a very different role than when it began," said Jennifer Granick, a lawyer at the Stanford Center for Internet and So…
"But, wait. We should also factor in the many more lives that would be spared. A good consequentialist would look at this bigger picture and argue that as…
"JENNIFER GRANICK: I don't think that the companies are in the position to well safeguard our privacy and Fourth Amendment rights." * Date Publi…
"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…