Daniel Solove
@daniel-solove
I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at
I created a free visual guide to all U.S. State Consumer Privacy Laws using my whiteboards. teachprivacy.com/state-privac... I put a ton of time into this to help make understanding the patchwork readily digestible. I hope you find it useful.
A quote from my post on The Audacity, a dark satire about privacy and tech danielsolove.substack.com/p/the-audaci...
A quote from my essay in the WSJ, “How to Maintain Our Privacy in the AI Age” – available here as a free PDF papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I wrote an essay in the WSJ USA250 series - “How to Maintain Our Privacy in the AI Age” www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse... It's also available here as a free PDF papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A key lesson from the Madison Sq Garden hack of biometric data is a motto I came up with for my privacy training: "If you can't protect it, don't collect it." Too few companies heed this warning, exposing all of us to tremendous risks of harm. I created this cartoon about biometric data breaches.
Madison Square Garden misused people's biometric data to ban lawyers and people who were suing the Center in a petty retaliation. @kashhill.bsky.social wrote about it in her book YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US amzn.to/4eq5CAd. I hope they have to pay out a fortune for this data breach.
Here are some pages from my book NOTHING TO HIDE - downloadable for free here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Works mentioned in danielsolove.substack.com/p/privacy-ai... include ones by @aliciasn.bsky.social @thomaskadri.bsky.social @hartzog.bsky.social @kashhill.bsky.social @paulschwartz.bsky.social @evanselinger.bsky.social @chinmayisharma.bsky.social @iajunwa.bsky.social @carissaveliz.bsky.social
Invasions of privacy as depicted in film and fiction over the past 400 years danielsolove.substack.com/p/snoopers-p... I spent eons working on this; I hope you enjoy this fun romp through more than 20 works.
I collected eulogies about the death of privacy over the past decades. Privacy has been dying for quite some time . . . danielsolove.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Here’s a cartoon I created about the death of privacy. I also collected various eulogies about the death of privacy over the past decades. danielsolove.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Ted Chiang has a terrific essay about generative AI in The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
"In the early days of the internet, Big Tech promised that everyone would win. But now, it’s often becoming painfully clear that when Big Tech wins, we the people lose." danielsolove.substack.com/p/state-cons...
Lorrie Cranor, @lorriecranor.bsky.social also has a children's book about privacy (non-fiction), amzn.to/4ddjfRl
Join my new LinkedIn Group: Tech, Privacy, AI, and the Humanities www.linkedin.com/groups/19309...
"She could not be sure, for the Machine did not transmit nuances of expression. It only gave a general idea of people—an idea that was good enough for all practical purposes, Vashti thought." -- From E.M. Forster, "The Machine Stops" danielsolove.substack.com/p/a-century-...
“Often, AI output reads smoothly on a skim, but when studied more carefully, its hollowness is revealed. . . Forster’s story notes that the Machine originally was created to help people achieve their ends but turned into an end unto itself.” danielsolove.substack.com/p/a-century-...
@lorriecranor.bsky.social and I spoke at the Privacy+Security Forum about our children's books on privacy. There are far too few children's books about privacy/tech topics. SOLOVE, THE EYEMONGER amzn.to/4eB47zG CRANOR, PRIVACY PLEASE! amzn.to/4ddjfRl
With Yuki Matsumi @hideyukimatsumi.bsky.social, I wrote an article on the problems with AI predictions - “The Prediction Society: Algorithms and the Problems of Forecasting the Future" ssrn.com/abstract=445...
Thoughts on the SCOTUS case of Chatrie, geofence warrants, and government surveillance run amok www.linkedin.com/pulse/warran...
Against Privacy Essentialism - final published version of my article papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Implications of AI for Privacy Policy" - HIPAA Summit Keynote - next week, I’ll be a keynote at the annual HIPAA Summit. Agenda: hipaasummit.com/wp-content/t... Please register here: hipaasummit.com/registration/ #HIPAA
"There are too many cases of spreading disinformation, invading privacy, encouraging malicious gossip and defamation, facilitating suicide and self-harm, sparking violence, affirming delusions, inspiring dangerous behavior, stoking extremism, boosting harassment and threats . . ."
"A different ethos is needed. The current ethos is a Speed Racer approach of win the AI and tech race at all costs." From my Substack post, Accountability for Tech and AI open.substack.com/pub/danielso...
I'm very excited to be speaking with @lorriecranor.bsky.social about our children's books on privacy at the @privsecacademy.bsky.social PS Forum (May 6-8). Mine is THE EYEMONGER, amzn.to/4uEs1ji and Lorrie's is PRIVACY PLEASE! amzn.to/4sd6zQD
Prefer to listen to my interview series as a podcast rather than video? Subscribe to my podcast, SOLOVE ON TECH rss.com/podcasts/sol...
Interested in becoming a law professor focusing on privacy and AI? Apply to GW Law’s VAP in Privacy & Technology Law: www.law.gwu.edu/privacy-and-... @gwclt.bsky.social
“This book is a warning about how the rise of sensor-driven digital technology can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.” From the great new book by @profferguson.bsky.social YOUR DATA WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU amzn.to/4dCcfPC Essential reading!
Please join us at this May’s Privacy+Security Forum (May 6-8, 2026): www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-26-sprin...
AI-powered surveillance would make Orwell's Big Brother look like child's play papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... We must depend on just the good graces and sense of ethics of companies like Anthropic to resist. It's like being surrounded by sharks and hoping they have a conscience.