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…
"Jennifer Granick, a scholar and computer crime defense attorney at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, addressed Kerr’s proposal in a January 23 p…
""Congress tries to write technology-neutral laws," says Jennifer Granick, an Internet law expert at Stanford, "but there's been a whole…
"According to Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, the APPS Act is fairly well-tailored to…
""If we don't fix the privacy problems for civil liberties, we'll never realize the benefits from drones," said Ryan Calo, a law professo…
"“The rising hostility in Pakistan and now Yemen is causing a bit of a pullback in global and U.S. opinion. I sense people becoming more and more doubtful…
"Citing the legendary Hacker Manifesto and tragic suicide of digital activist Aaron Swartz, Jennifer Granick, Director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford C…
"Smith was behind a November White Paper analyzing the current legality of driverless cars, the short version of which is: driverless cars are probably alr…
""Have you ever been sued, threatened, or investigated because of security research you performed?" Granick wrote." * Date Published:01/30…
""We don't actually have a fully self-guided car," Stanford Law School lecturer Bryant Walker Smith told The Wall Street Journal." * D…
"Kerr's proposals have been picked up and refined by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in what calls "Aaron's Law." The group'…
Bryant Walker Smith, a lecturer at Stanford Law School who has studied driverless vehicles, said the new laws leave many issues unaddressed. In part, that is be…
Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law, told IPS that privacy issues surrounding the use of drones are also limiting th…