If there’s a robot in your house, chances are it’s a Roomba. But that could be about to change. A new generation of home robots is coming—adorable, loaded with contemporary artificial intelligence and designed to charm their way into your family.
Today marks the deadline for online platforms to implement a process for notice-and-takedown of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) under the TAKE IT DOWN Act…
This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them. Key Takeaways * F…
Cross-posted from Volokh Conspiracy. Since the 1950s, the Long Beach Freeway has linked the massive Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to, roughly, the rest o…
A new bipartisan bill co-sponsored by two of the most vocal critics of the NSA does not go far enough to protect the average non-U.S. person from indiscriminate…
Cross-posted from Volokh Conspiracy. I’m delighted to be spending this week committing overt acts in furtherance of the Volokh Conspiracy. Since joining Stanfo…
This post is one in a series of posts from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telephony met…
This post is the first in a series of posts from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telepho…
Cross-posted from Slate. Last week, in the midst of ongoing NSA secret spying revelations ranging from billion-dollar efforts to make the private accessible to…
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. It’s a noisy, nosy world. For example, our cellphones are nonstop tracking devices that occasionally make ca…
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. Everyday devices are getting smarter, more connected. Soon your refrigerator will tell you when it’s time to…
Privacy and Big Data by Jules Polonetsky & Omer Tene How should privacy risks be weighed against big data rewards? The recent controversy over leaked docum…
Big Data in Small Hands by Woodrow Hartzog & Evan Selinger “Big data” can be defined as a problem-solving philosophy that leverages massive datasets and al…
Privacy Substitutes by Jonathan Mayer & Arvind Narayanan Debates over information privacy are often framed as an inescapable conflict between competing int…
Consumer Subject Review Boards by Ryan Calo There are only a handful of reasons to study someone very closely. If you spot a tennis rival filming your practice…