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…
"“Many folks were expecting Google to do something. When major competitors have come out with a much praised user feature, you can imagine they would come…
"Richard Forno, assistant director of the University of Maryland Baltimore County center for cybersecurity, disapproves of India’s actions but questions wh…
"“AI has no well-defined meaning and many so-called AI companies are simply trying to take advantage of the buzz around that term,” says Arvind Narayanan,…
"Jen King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said the information provided by companies may not be as…
"“The (Supreme) Court says the record is way too thin to justify such a sweeping invasion into his private life,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, a researcher who…
"“AI just isn’t at the level yet where it can interpret human conversation,” meaning the companies need to rely on monitoring to help train the systems, sa…
"“Even if the phones are well secured, allowing the vendor to take the data off the device and store it on their servers would be a source of security risk…
"“We are thinking very much about functionality. What happens if the box is taken? Then obviously, if the box is taken we have technological concerns about…
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who specialises in autonomous driving, agrees. "The technical definition of…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said the issue of compelling defe…
"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington and an affiliate scholar at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, says that wh…
"Instead, companies might continue to wait and see what happens with Brexit and hope that European regulators do not pursue the issue before they spend wha…