Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 15/09/2026One of the more consequential actions from the CA AG's Office, yes. It's expected to be codified in coming regulations. 010
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 12/09/2026Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists prospect.org/2026/09/09/a...prospect.orgAnthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American ProspectNew hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters. 000
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 11/09/2026One of the purest shames of this data-hungry ecosystem is that I reflexively decline syncing my contacts with ostensibly-innocuous apps (GoodReads, Strava) because I know they'll end up in someone's ID graph. I'd love to find my friends on these apps! 000
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 17/08/2026to be fair Boingo has a very specific B2C presence in certain airports, making us watch ads and tracking usage behavior in exchange for free WiFi 110
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 12/08/2026my GPC extension for some reason doubles as an ad blocker because SSPs cant figure out how to not sell my info. not my fault. 020
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 24/07/2026That Derek felt the need to devote an entire ep to rebutting the movie's historical inaccuracy goes to show how marinated his brain is in X juice. That argument is only taken seriously if you think that app still ~drives the conversation~ and is probably a good indicator you gotta #logoff. 000
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 17/07/2026If I have to ask “where’s here?” then the answer is likely no. 100
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 13/07/2026static.klipy.comIt Ain't Much, But It's Honest Work MemeALT: It Ain't Much, But It's Honest Work Meme 000
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 13/07/2026Someone lmk if Matt also posted this on X with caption "AI is bad" 110
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 12/07/2026NJ leg waking up after a sleepless few days rushing thru all these billsstatic.klipy.comTony Hale in Arrested Development: Huge MistakeALT: Tony Hale in Arrested Development: Huge Mistake 020
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 07/07/2026By the time the Gold Cup comes back around it’s not unlikely he’s wearing NYCFC colors 010
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 22/06/2026I read that as a separate restriction. In any event, interested to see how it's interpreted in this matter. 000
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 22/06/2026as amended last yr: "It shall be unlawful for a person to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm as part of a contract ...." I recall it also lowered the evidentiary standard, as well. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe... 100
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 22/06/2026Distribution and actual use is the trigger under the new CA law, right? Not agreement/intent? 121
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 19/06/2026Jesse Marsch making sure we heard him - "His legs hanging off!" 030
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 13/06/2026Two of my fav artists all-time, and adore the collab on the last avs album, but this is too short! An earworm certainly, but it deserved another minute or so to get a bit wonkier. Hope we get another collab on the album. 010
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 09/06/2026Mid-Year Personalized Pricing Roundup technologylaw.fkks.com/post/102n1er...technologylaw.fkks.comMid-Year Personalized Pricing Roundup (via Passle)Businesses using algorithms and personal data to set prices are grappling with an increasingly fragmented set of risks. What began as a niche consumer p... 010
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 29/05/2026When most US biz comply with all states, any state passing a law with stricter obligations can be a big deal (although increasingly less frequent now). Some big tech cos were to pull out of Vermont if the Governor hadn't vetoed the 2024 bill, with its private right of action, for ex. 110
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 01/05/2026No typos tells me that what you’re observing is intentional 010
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 22/04/2026The incredulousness with which we treat the GOP this turd of a federal privacy bill. Waste of our collective time. 130
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 22/04/2026media.tenor.coma man is holding a can of soda in front of his mouth and says `` time is a flat circle '' .ALT: a man is holding a can of soda in front of his mouth and says `` time is a flat circle '' . 120
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 20/03/2026I reserve the right to return to this after having read the paper. I recognize this issue is bigger than how I'm explaining it away. 010
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 20/03/2026from CCPA Regs Sec. 7026(a)(4) cppa.ca.gov/regulations/... In the US, this issue is downstream of CIPA and the plaintiff's bar. If tracking technologies can't wiretap, then we would have little use for cookie banners. 110
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 20/03/2026Also, CA regulators specifically discourage the use of cookie banners: "...a cookie banner ... is not by itself an acceptable method for submitting requests to opt-out of sale/sharing because cookies concern the collection of personal information and not the sale or sharing of personal information." 100
Andrew Folks @andrewfolks.com · 20/03/2026There are dozens of opt-out preference signal extensions and browsers that make it such that you will never see a cookie banner again! The paper brings up real issues that are unaddressed by GPC but, at this point, seeing cookie banners is a choice you've made. 100
Reposted by Andrew FolksKate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Thrilled to publish my latest article BAN COOKIE BANNERS: A CASE STUDY IN TECH REGULATION with the Harv. J. of Law & Tech! A cri de cœur to end this worse-than-useless regulatory compliance regime and let something that actually protects users take its place. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/papers.ssrn.comBan Cookie Banners: A Case Study in Tech RegulationFew experiences on the modern internet are as universally reviled as the cookie banner. They clutter websites with pop-ups, interrupt user flow, make informatio 2030094
