Tag: Privacy
5 reasons to let students keep their cameras off during Zoom...
Tabitha Moses, Wayne State University
As the 2020-21 school year gets underway – both at the K-12 and college level – many students find themselves...
Private browsing: What it does – and doesn’t do – to...
Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University and Hana Habib, Carnegie Mellon University
Many people look for more privacy when they browse the web by using their...
A question of trust: should bosses be able to spy on...
Val Hooper, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Gordon Anderson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Stephen Blumenfeld, Te...
How Apple and Google will let your phone warn you if...
Johannes Becker, Boston University and David Starobinski, Boston University
On April 10, Apple and Google announced a coronavirus exposure notification system that will be built...
Videoconferencing keeps people connected while the coronavirus keeps them inside –...
Elizabeth Stoycheff, Wayne State University
If, before COVID-19, you were concerned about all the data that technology companies had about you, just wait. As stay-at-home...
EPA’s proposed ‘secret science’ rule directly threatens children’s health
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
The Trump administration is working to weaken U.S. environmental regulations in many areas, from water and air pollution to energy development and...
Website privacy options aren’t much of a choice since they’re hard...
Hana Habib, Carnegie Mellon University and Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University
You’ve probably encountered a pair of shoes that won’t stop following you around the...
What’s private depends on who you are and where you live
Richard Wilk, Indiana University
Citizens and policymakers around the world are grappling with how to limit companies’ use of data about individuals – and how...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
