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#742 My Body, My Pixels: A Deep Dive on Digital Autonomy with Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University

Modern CTO

From 2003-2004, Professor Zywicki served as the Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission. In 2021 he was inducted into the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers. He served as Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Law & Economics in 2019.

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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

The Parallax

The Cyber Independent Testing Lab , a nonprofit organization that focuses on consumer cybersecurity, published research in December demonstrating how 28 home wireless routers fail to use even basic security techniques. All major router vendors shipped fewer routers with firmware sporting ASLR protections in 2018 than in 2012, he said.

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The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It can also apply to large companies, governments, and even nonprofits. I recently did an analysis of Google’s public filings since its 2004 IPO. As shown on the chart below, when Google went public in 2004, 51% of ad revenue came from Google’s own search engine while 49% came from ads on third-party websites served up by Google.