CS 306 Computers in Society - Fall 2009

Instructor: Jacques Chansavang

Week_4: Calendar

Monday, Septmber 14th - Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Current_Events: Due weekly on Monday (in class for Hardcopy) or submit through Blackboard Vista by 11:59 P.M. Late assignment will be penalized or no longer accepted.

Research papers: Due Topic, Sources & Outlines this week!

Current_Events & Guideline: Sample Current_Events

Discussion: Guidlines

Group Assignment: None this week

Individual Assignment: Handouts (Privacy) continues...

Text Book Gift of Fire:

Presentation: Chapter 2 Privacy

Computer in Society Text Book :

Presentation: Unit 2: The Economy

Big questions

Is the problem with the software or with those who use it?

How much responsibility should be shared by those who developed the software?

Is the software that you use overly complex?

The Software Wars - Map

Google's decision to scan first and ask question later

Intellectual property Laws

Free Software movement - Definition

Presentation:1. eBUS-eCOM.

Software Engineering Code of Ethics And ACM Code

ACM

SECE and Professional Practice

Reading for Discussion: Computer in Society Text Book

Read Unit II: The Econmy for next classes

9. The Subprime Loan Machine, Lynnley Browining

5. Click Fraud, Brian Grow and Ben Elgin

6. The Big Band Era, Christopher Swope

7. The Beauty of Simplicity, Linda Tischler

8. The Software Wars, Paul De Palma

9. Scan This Book!, Kevin Kelly

Key Terms: Reading and Digging Deeper

Chapter 2 - Privacy And Personal Information

What was this chapter about?
The Players
Who are we talking about here?  Who are the ‘players’ looking for our information?
Businesses?  Government?  Citizens?
Tools of the Trade
(Tell me what they do and give me a real world example)
Cookies
Invisible Information Gathering
Secondary Use
Computer Matching
Computer Profiling
Satellite Surveillance
Thermal Imaging
Databases
CCTVs
Which of the above can only be used with a search warrant because its not current public use so there is no reasonable defense against it?
Which tool does the Government use the most?
What’s the problem with databases that we talked about in Chapter 4’s “Can we trust the Computer?” 

4th Amendment

Tell me about the 4th Amendment

How does this play into our concept of Privacy?