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…
""There is no silver bullet, but we will continue to work to get it right," said Richard Salgado, Google’s director of law enforcement and inform…
"This statement, however, confused legal experts. “In fact, the standard to get a warrant is probable cause,” said Geoffrey King, an attorney and UC Berkel…
"In a Stanford CIS blog post, Pfefferkorn said she found hope in the opinion. “For one, the court rejected the government’s unfounded attempt to argue that…
"“The danger that ‘privacy’ doesn’t capture is this idea of creep,” says Frischmann, an internet law expert at Villanova University. Like letting that rand…
"“You have more grounded expectations about the timeline for these technologies, combined with a lack of industry push for legislation,” says Bryant Walker…
"That question is at the heart of hundreds of cases across the country and is likely to become more pressing as bias-motivated incidents rise in tandem wit…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of Surveillance and Cybersecurity at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, points out old-fashioned gum shoe…
"“Unimpressive,” declared Princeton computer scientist Jonathan Mayer, who said the scheme would be easy for advertisers to evade. “This is not privacy lea…
"Jen King, the director of privacy for the Center for Internet and Society, says she believes that most people tend to find privacy settings very confusing…
""I don't know how well people actually understand," said Jen King, director of consumer privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Soci…
"Ryan Calo, University of Washington law professor I think about the privacy-policy ramifications. I think about the effect on the driver of the architect…
"The complicating factor for the President in this case is that, well, he is the President. Not only that, but he uses his account to conduct government bu…