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Little Change Since 2022: Peer-to-Peer Services’ Policies Still Need Additional Clarity and Coverage to Protect Consumers from Fraud and Scams

Imagine sending $1,000 to a loved one, only to discover you’ve been scammed and your bank won’t help you recover the funds. While most...

Stephanie Landry

September 26, 2024

When Will Your Smart Appliance Turn Dumb? A Lack of Transparency Leaves Consumers in the Dark

This post was updated on September 27, 2024. At the time of writing, Vissani did not make smart appliances, but on September 26, the company...

Stacey Higginbotham

September 25, 2024

Yorba Successfully Completes Data Rights Protocol Conformance Testing

The Data Rights Protocol (DRP) consortium is happy to announce that Yorba, an authorized agent (AA) and DRP consortium member, has successfully...

Houman Saberi

September 18, 2024

CR AI Fellow: Building Trust and Safety in Generative AI through Observability

Consumer Reports (CR) has been exploring generative artificial intelligence (AI) through the launch of AskCR, an experimental chatbot that helps...

Jacob Rubenstein

September 17, 2024

CR AI Fellow: Building a State Level AI Policy Tracker

With artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforming industry and communities, and federal lawmaking trailing behind technological advancements,...

Jacob Rubenstein

September 12, 2024

California Business Groups Want It To Be Hard To Use Your Privacy Rights

Last week marked the end of the hectic California legislative session, with hundreds of bills receiving decisive action in the legislature during a...

Matt Schwartz

September 5, 2024

AI News & Marketplace Roundup: Power-Hungry AI

AI is changing how consumers find information and how businesses interact with their customers. It’s essential to understand where the industry is...

Dirk Klingner

August 29, 2024

Students at Carnegie Mellon University Present Agentic AI Concept: “FairPlay”

Editor’s note: this is a guest post from students in the Master of Human-Computer Interaction (MHCI) program at Carnegie Mellon University, who...

Kai Lin

August 9, 2024

Challenge Accepted

Earlier this year, we created Security Planner challenge coins for our volunteers, and my inbox and Signal messages began filling up with these coins...

Yael Grauer

August 9, 2024

New Report: Data Defense: Evaluating People-Search Site Removal Services

Seven years ago, I typed my own name into a search engine and was horrified to learn that my name, age, home address, and phone number were publicly...

Yael Grauer

August 8, 2024