CS 306 Computers in Society - Fall 2009

Instructor: Jacques Chansavang

Week_7: Calendar

Monday, October 5th - Sunday, October 11th, 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 Term paper: Here is a sample!

Text Book Gift of Fire:

Operating Systems presentation

Internet_Hardware - Wireless presentation

System_&_Components

Read Chapter 5: Crime Pages 252 - 298

Group Discussion: - (Handouts)

Individual: -(Handouts)

Key Terms: Reading and Digging Deeper

Newly Declassified Files Detail Massive FBI Data-Mining Project

New computing tool could lead to better crops and pesticides say researchers

Minority Students Needed in Math and Science to Combat 'Brain Drain,' Professors Say

Taming the vast – and growing – digital data-sphere

Controlling the language of security

Chapter 5 Crime
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Hacking
5.2.1 What is Hacking?
5.2.2 Hacktivism, or Political Hacking
5.2.3 The Law: Catching and Punishing Hackers
5.2.4 Security
5.3 Identity Theft and Credit-Card Fraud
5.3.1 Stealing Identities
5.3.2 Responses to Identity Theft
5.3.3 Biometrics
5.4 Scams and Forgery
5.4.1 Auctions
5.4.2 Click Fraud
5.4.3 Stock Fraud
5.4.4 Digital Forgery
5.5 Crime Fighting Versus Privacy and Civil Liberties
5.5.1 Search and Seizure of Computers
5.5.2 The Issue of Venue
5.5.3 The Cybercrime Treaty
5.6 Whose Laws Rule the Web?
5.6.1 When Digital Actions Cross Borders
5.6.2 Arresting Foreign Visitors
5.6.3 Libel, Speech, and Commercial Law
5.6.4 Culture, Law, and Ethics
5.6.5 Potential Solutions