Daniel Solove

Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI The following is an excerpt from my book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY where I summarize my thinking on privacy consent:

Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI
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“It is impossible to protect privacy from authoritarianism without addressing consumer privacy.” - from Daniel J. Solove, Privacy in Authoritarian Times - final published version here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

DHS is issuing subpoenas for social media accounts that are critiquing ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... More support for my argument that we must address surveillance capitalism to protect against gov't surveillance papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“It is impossible to protect privacy from authoritarianism without addressing consumer privacy.” - from Daniel J. Solove, Privacy in Authoritarian Times - final published version here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #PrivacyMatters

YouTube video by Solove on Tech Artificial Intelligence and Privacy

VIDEO – my lecture on my paper, “Artificial Intelligence and Privacy” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z46k...

Here's a list of some topics I cover in my article, Privacy in Authoritarian Times papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Ferguson on Everything-Everywhere Searches Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (George Washington University - Law School) has posted Everything-Everywhere Searches and the Geofence Puzzle (George Washington Journal of Law & Technology (Jan. 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Police surveillance technologies have outpaced Fourth Amendment doctrine. Arbitrary, generalized search powers stretching across entire cities and states now exist in forms that have no historical analog. Police can now search “everything everywhere all at once” and current Fourth Amendment doctrine has little to say about the resulting privacy and security threats.

Ferguson on Everything-Everywhere Searches

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (George Washington University - Law School) has posted Everything-Everywhere Searches and the Geofence Puzzle (George Washington Journal of Law & Technology (Jan. 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Police surveillance…

Private Matters: Health, Technology, and Battles Over Personal Data

The GW Center for Law & Technology @gwclt.bsky.social is hosting a great event tomorrow - Private Matters: Health, Technology, and Battles Over Personal Data. Please join us calendar.gwu.edu/event/privat...

YouTube video by Solove on Tech Can Tech Companies Self-Regulate?

Can tech companies be trusted to self-regulate? Short answer: Hell no. www.youtube.com/shorts/KKYLV...

YouTube video by Solove on Tech It's time to end tech exceptionalism.

It's time to end tech exceptionalism www.youtube.com/shorts/tjGoS...

YouTube video by Ring Search Party from Ring | Be A Hero In Your Neighborhood

Another dystopian AI Superbowl ad -- this one from Ring, showing a vast network of AI surveillance cams with AI analysis to find lost dogs. Happy use today, but tomorrow, it'll be used to hunt for people. ICE is probably already plotting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheU...

My latest article with the one and only @spenceroverton.bsky.social called “Digital Ethnonationalism” forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

YouTube video by Amazon Alexa Chris Hemsworth thinks Alexa+ is scary good | Big Game Commercial

Bizarre dystopian Superbowl commercial where AIexa+ tries to kill Chris Hemsworth many different ways, then offers him a massage. And this is to try to convince folks that AI is good? I thought it was a promo for a Black Mirror episode. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha92...

I also wrote a book about the topic, NOTHING TO HIDE: THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY - I posted the entire book free online here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My Chronicle of Higher Ed piece is based on my article, "I've Got Nothing to Hide" and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy - download free here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It's gratifying to see a Chronicle of Higher Education editor recall a piece I wrote there 15 years ago. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/a...

YouTube video by Solove on Tech On Privacy and Technology

Next was an excellent talk by @daniel-solove.bsky.social on the misguided current approach to privacy law and how to reconceptualize it. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8c... (3/6)

Join us for a fireside chat with Stephen Bolinger to discuss his Documentary ‘Privacy People’. May 6-8, 2026: bit.ly/34nInA7 #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters @sbolinger.bsky.social

Join us for a fireside chat with Mary Anne Franks to discuss Fearless Speech. May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters

Privacy in Authoritarian Times – key quotes from the article: open.substack.com/pub/danielso...

Privacy laws should have a private right of action. Read my argument as to why: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Maine Enacts Law Requiring Employers to Notify Employees About Surveillance Tools On January 11, 2026, Maine enacted a law (House Paper (H.P.) 25 / Legislative Document (L.D.) 61) prohibiting employers from using surveillance tools without first informing job applicants and employe...

“Maine .. law requiring employers to notify employees & job applicants about employee surveillance .. does not apply to cameras used in the workplace for safety & security purposes .. to take effect in July 2026, depending on when the legislature adjourns” ogletree.com/insights-res...

AI and Surveillance - Symposium Issue of the GW Journal of Law & Tech

AI and Surveillance - Symposium Issue of the GW Journal of Law & Tech - gwjolt.org/volume-2/ Great lineup of articles by Ferguson, Schneier, Francis, Hartzog, Richards, Arnett, and Weisburd - symposium sponsored by GW Center for Law and Tech @gwclt.bsky.social

Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

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A small part of me wonders whether something is fishy about the Rotten Tomatoes audience scores. Nah . . . nothing going on here . . .

As is typical these days, nearly all news outlets have toned down what Trump actually said about his Kennedy Center plans. They make it sound like a closure for renovations, when in fact Trump's post sounds like a complete rebuild. One more example of systematic media downplaying.

Paul Jurcys (U California) et al. have posted “The Future of Privacy Law? A Comment on Solove/Hartzog’s ‘Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control in an Age of AI’” on SSRN. ssrn.com/abstract=528... They discuss my essay with Woody Hartzog: ssrn.com/abstract=468...