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…
Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's liaisons, has been convicted charges of invasion of privacy and b…
Days after anti-piracy legislation stalled in Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated an unprecedented raid on the Hong Kong-based website Megauplo…
* Date Published:03/12/2012 * Original Publication:Computerworld…
* Date Published:03/14/2012 * Original Publication:PC Mag…
* Date Published:03/12/2012 * Original Publication:Mercury News…
* Date Published:03/09/2012 * Original Publication:PC Advisor…
Privacy advocates say that, for now, it is legal for a prospective employer, during a job interview, to insist that you log into your Facebook page and then cli…
“Stop spreading lies about Iran on Facebook,” hissed the message written in Farsi and sent to Hamid, an Iranian-American graduate in California. We know where t…
* Date Published:03/06/2012 * Original Publication:Alter Net…
"One simple answer to our privacy problems would be if everyone became maximally informed about how much data was being kept and sold about them. Logically…
* Date Published:02/28/2012 * Original Publication:American Public Media…
* Date Published:02/21/2012 * Original Publication:The Washington Post…