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…
On June 28, ProPublica published a story by Peter Maass about the Federal Trade Commission and its efforts to protect the online privacy of consumers. The headl…
Jonathan Mayer had a hunch. The young computer scientist suspected that online advertisers might be following consumers around the web — even when they set the…
That "creepiness" might in itself be cause for concern, says Ryan Calo, a privacy expert with Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Societ…
Also on his side (in this debate) is Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who makes a straightforward 4th Amendment argument, the ACLU's Catherine Crump, who not surprising…
“It’s accepted in our world that there will be a shift,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a legal fellow at Stanford University’s law school and engineering school who…
If you visit Orbitz.com and search for hotels, the offers you're shown might differ depending on whether you're using a Mac or a PC. Specifically, if yo…
Researchers are hard at work to make sure that autonomous cars will be safe. In doing so, a wealth of technology is making its way into today's vehicles. W…
CIS Resident Fellow Aleecia McDonald and Student Fellow Jonathan Mayer interviewed on All Things Considered about Do Not Track. Read full transcript at origina…
Article by Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick for US News. Police should be required to get authorization from a judge before they use technological…
"In the near term, we're likely to see increased driver assistance," says Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at S…
The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating Google for a year now, looking in part at whether Google is operating “fairly” in its search results. But if…
Still, critics like Ryan Calo, director of privacy at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Security, worry that the drones will replace the work of…