I recently read Bill Gates' latest blog post, "The Age of AI Has Begun," and today's open letter from the Future of Life Institute, "Pause Giant AI…
I have discussed privacy UX and dark patterns in privacy extensively in this newsletter and in my paper. When approaching the topic, we usually refer to…
I have discussed privacy UX and dark patterns in privacy extensively in this newsletter and in my paper. When approaching the topic, we are usually…
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed order banning BetterHelp, a company offering online counseling services, from sharing…
Now that dark patterns are expressly prohibited in EU and US laws (see more below), I would like to bring a new perspective on the topic. The first…

February 2023

Continuing the previous discussions on the privacy consequences of AI applications, today I will talk about how conversational AI tools such as ChatGPT…
In the last three weeks, I joined the AI trend and discussed here at The Privacy Whisperer how AI tools can impact our online privacy. As it looks like…
Continuing last week's discussion about AI-based chatbots' privacy issues, this week I would like to talk about the privacy issues related to a special…
Continuing last week's discussion about AI and privacy, this week, I would like to talk specifically about large language models and the more evident…

January 2023

We are currently experiencing an AI momentum, where every task is suddenly expected to be "AI-improved," and every academic article or business talk has…
Dark patterns in privacy are a trending topic. There are various academic papers (including mine) dealing with the topic, the EU Digital Services Act…
Tracking and behavior advertising have been more closely regulated in the last few years, especially after the General Data Protection Regulation…