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…
CNN's John King speaks with Jonathan Mayer, the grad student who cracked the code that allowed Google to track users. * Date Published:02/17/2012 * Origi…
* Date Published:02/17/2012 * Original Publication:CBS…
Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student at Stanford University, talks about his research on Google Inc.'s violation of users' privacy on Apple Inc.'s Saf…
Google and other companies which deliver online ads have been tracking which websites Apple Safari browsers have been accessing—despite default settings which a…
SF Gate's James Temple interviews Jonathan Mayer about his study and Google bypassing the privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser. * Date Published…
Jonathan Mayer's findings are "stirring up much discussion online," according to a New York Times Bits discussion: "Google’s Cookie Trick in…
James Temple interviews Ryan Calo about the dawning age of personal robotics. * Date Published:02/15/2012 * Original Publication:SF Gate…
Chris Sprigman is quoted in Businessweek about "secondary infringement" in an article asking "Is Kim Dotcom a criminal mastermind, or the world…
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Shaheen Shariff has been named as one of four worldwide recipients of Facebook’s first Digital Citizenship research grants – a $50,00…
Ryan Calo quoted in the cover story for the Brazilian magazine Epoca on the Facebook IPO. (Note: Full story behind paywall) * Date Published:02/08/2012 * Or…
KUOW's Sara Lerner interviews Ryan Calo about privacy as it relates to Microsoft placing ads in newspapers across the country toutings its efforts to protec…
Huffington Post article by Affiliate Scholar Marvin Ammori. Next Friday, February 10, the Stanford Technology Law Review is holding its annual symposium, and t…