May 5, 2020
As agriculture increasingly relies on technology, concerns about security vulnerabilities
Logic

In this long form article in Logic Magazine, Tech Policy Lab student Rian Wanstreet describes how agricultural production is increasingly relying on sensors and internet-connected devices that are rife with security vulnerabilities. Attacking Agriculture, Logic Magazine, May 4, 2020
ArticleApril 29, 2020
Co-Director Calo on the Perils of Contact-Tracing Apps
Brookings

“We worry that contact-tracing apps will serve as vehicles for abuse and disinformation, while providing a false sense of security to justify reopening local and national economies well before it is safe to do so.”
ArticleApril 14, 2020
‘I saw you were online’: How online status indicators shape our behavior
UW News

Co-Director Yoshi Kohno, student Lucy Simko, alumna Camille Cobb, and Assistant Professor Alexis Hiniker look at how online status indicators shape user behavior.
ArticleJanuary 27, 2020
Co-Director Friedman Receives Honorary Doctorate
UW News

Tech Policy Lab Co-Director Batya Friedman receives honorary doctorate from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
ArticleOctober 29, 2019
New DNA Security Research Looks at Privacy and Security Risks in Genetic Genealogy
UW News
Popular third-party genetic genealogy site is vulnerable to compromised data, impersonations
ArticleSeptember 9, 2019
In London? See our work on Adversarial Machine Learning at the Science Museum

Research exploring adversarial machine learning, or the ability to fool machine learning systems, is on display at the Science Museum in London as part of “Driverless: Who is in Control?” This free exhibit includes a modified stop sign developed by a team of researchers to fool driverless cars into misidentifying it and asks “can self-driving cars see the world as well as you can?”
MoreAugust 21, 2019
Co-Director Ryan Calo on Adversarial Machine Learning and the Law
OneZero by Medium
"Using adversarial machine learning, researchers can trick machines — potentially with fatal consequences. But the legal system hasn’t caught up."
ArticleMarch 22, 2019
Lab Co-Director Ryan Calo Discusses Data and Privacy
Geekwire and KUOW

Lab Co-Director Ryan Calo discusses data and privacy on a panel hosted by KUOW and Geekwire with Marketplace Tech's Molly Wood.
ArticleMarch 20, 2019
Toward Inclusive Tech Policy Design: A Method for Underrepresented Voices to Strengthen Tech Policy Documents

New research published in Ethics of Information Technology introduces the Diverse Voices method and reports on two case studies demonstrating its use: one with a white paper on augmented reality technology, and the other with a strategy document on automated driving vehicle technologies.
MoreMarch 19, 2019
Highlights from Our Fifth Year

The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington has become an indispensable source for tech policy research, education, and local, national, and international thought leadership. The Lab has worked directly with policymakers, published research and guides on emerging technologies, and provided opportunities for the public to learn from experts.
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