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…
"“Automation is challenging all sorts of traditional revenue sources for cities and states,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Internet…
"“What automation is going to allow is repurposing, both of spaces in cities, and of the car itself,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the Univers…
"“The danger comes from dragnet surveillance,” is how Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, described it. He called himself mostly a…
"That master list will be the Cookie Clearinghouse, which will be hosted at Stanford." * Date Published:07/02/2013 * Original Publication:NPR…
"McDonald said today that even if browsers block third-party cookies, companies can still serve online ads that don't rely on data collected across mor…
"The purpose of the Clearinghouse is not to list “every single site on the Internet,” McDonald said. “It’s too hard for people to individually decide which…
Jennifer Granick's opinion piece "The Criminal NSA" co-authored with CIS affiliate scholar Christopher Sprigman has been published in the New York…
""Connected cars aren't the same thing as automated cars, but at some point they converge," says Bryant Walker Smith, a lecturer at Stanford…
""Today Mozilla is committing to work with Aleecia [McDonald of CIS] and the CCH Advisory Board, whose members include Opera Software, to develop the…
"After a period of review, Firefox decided to go ahead with plans to block third-party cookies for its new version of the web browser. The non-profit organ…
FBI Director Robert Mueller’s admission of domestic drone use by the agency has raised red flags among privacy advocates and anti-drone activists and has surpri…
""Internet users are starting to understand that their online activities are closely monitored, often by companies they have never heard of before,&qu…