Improving IoT Inspector (Part 2)
Summary. Accurately identifying IoT devices is a difficult problem. We walk through some of the successes and failures. (You can find Part 1 of this...
Blog Posts
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On Authorized Agents: Recommendations to California Privacy Regulators from Consumer Reports
From The Consumer Reports Digital Lab Team (digitallab@cr.consumer.org). Who should read this? This writing is aimed at California regulators, the CA...
Giant Internet Platforms are Failing Us – We Need Fair Market Rules
The pursuit of profits might work as an organizing principle for an individual corporation, but it cannot be the basis to set market rules Over the...
Lab Notes: March 2022
Tech giants are pushing for weak privacy laws across the country As privacy legislation has stalled in Congress, giant tech companies...
Three Speculative Futures for Consumer Data
Image by Iris Lei for Popular Science How might we change the way our data is used so that we, as consumers, have more choice in building our future?...
Findings from helping 104 consumers access their own data from companies
“Cyber Specialists” by Khahn Tran is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Companies collect and store a lot of data about us. Aren’t you curious...
Lab Notes: February 2022
CR joins consortium to improve consumers’ cybersecurity CR recently joined the newly-formed Nonprofit Cyber Coalition, a first-of-its-kind alliance...
Improving IoT Inspector (Part 1)
I’m Danny Y. Huang, an Assistant Professor at the Center for Cyber Security at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Recently, I was...
Consumer Reports Finds Risky Permissions, Security Concerns In All Five Printer Manufacturers
CR Urges Companies to Improve Products to Protect Printer Security on Local Networks While office printer security has been a topic of concern for...
Lab Notes: January 2022
CR praises bipartisan vote to advance the American Innovation and Choice Online Act The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a bipartisan...
White Papers
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Mixed Signals: Many Companies May Be Ignoring Opt-Out Requests Under State Privacy Laws
AI Voice Cloning: Do These 6 Companies Do Enough to Prevent Misuse?
2024
2024 Consumer Cyber Readiness
2023
2023 Consumer Cyber Readiness
A Raw Deal for US Consumers: Online platforms will make changes to better serve European Consumers but not US Consumers
Future of Memory Safety: Challenges and Recommendations
2022
Consumer Cyber Readiness
Opening Black Boxes: Addressing Legal Barriers to Public Interest Algorithmic Auditing
2021
The Case for Fair Market Rules for the Largest Online Platforms
2020
Platform Perceptions: Consumer Attitudes on Competition and Fairness in Online Platforms
Privacy Front and Center
2000
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: The Law Must Protect Consumers’ Genetic Privacy
Understanding the Scope of Data Collection by Major Technology Platforms
The Evolution of Consumer Attitudes Toward Online Tracking, 1995-2019
Research
2025
How to Build Long-lived Connected Products
How U.S. States are Tackling Algorithmic Pricing: 2025 Bill Tracker and Analysis
2024
Data Defense, Evaluating People-Search Site Removal Services
CR Vulnerability Disclosures, Video Doorbells
2023
Who Shares Your Information with Facebook? Sampling the Surveillance Economy in 2023
P2P Payment Apps: A Case Study for a Digital Finance Standard
2022
Broadband Pricing: What Consumer Reports Learned From 22,000 Internet Bills
2021
Credit Not Due: The Limitations of Popular Credit Score Apps
The State of Authorized Agent Opt-Outs Under the California Consumer Privacy Act
Effects of Varying Education Level and Job Status on Online Auto Insurance Price Quotes
Evaluating the Privacy Practices of Mental Health Apps
2000
California Consumer Privacy Act: Are Consumers' Digital Rights Protected?
Collecting #Receipts: Food Delivery Apps & Fee Transparency
Survey Data
2019
Privacy Risk Benefit Survey
Data Privacy Habits Survey
Social Media Survey
2018
Privacy Control vs. Ownership Survey
Social Media Survey
Medical Privacy Survey
Social Media and Privacy Survey
2017
Net Neutrality Survey
Privacy and Net Neutrality Survey
Government and Consumer Issues Survey
2015
