How are data science and open science movement transforming how researchers manage research ethics? And how are these changes influencing public trust in social research? I’m here at the Center for IT Policy to hear a talk by Edward P. Freeland. Edward is the associate director of the Princeton University Survey Research Center and a […]
How Data Science and Open Science are Transforming Research Ethics: Edward Freeland at CITP
February 7, 2018 by
Why Everyone in Tech Should Visit the American Museum of Tort Law
February 5, 2018 by
This Monday, Nikki Bourassa and I organized a van from Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society to visit the American Museum of Tort Law, which I have decided to call the American Museum of Exploding Cars and Toys that Kill You. While at the museum, I came to see another way that research can […]
Workshop on Technical Applications of Contextual Integrity
January 24, 2018 by
The theory of contextual integrity (CI) has inspired work across the legal, privacy, computer science and HCI research communities. Recognizing common interests and common challenges, the time seemed ripe for a meeting to discuss what we have learned from the projects using CI and how to move forward to leverage CI for enhancing privacy preserving […]
Automating Inequality: Virginia Eubanks Book Launch at Data & Society
January 18, 2018 by
What does it mean for public sector actors to implement algorithms to make public services to be more efficient? How are these systems experienced by the families and people who face the consequences? Speaking at the Data and Society Institute today is Virginia Eubanks, author of the new book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, […]
Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts
January 12, 2018 by
by Steven Englehardt, Gunes Acar, and Arvind Narayanan. Recently we revealed that “session replay” scripts on websites record everything you do, like someone looking over your shoulder, and send it to third-party servers. This en-masse data exfiltration inevitably scoops up sensitive, personal information — in real time, as you type it. We released the data […]
