Computer Ethics, Fall 2020, Mondays

October 12
Class 7 Readings
By this point you should have read Baase Chapter 2 on Privacy. It's also time to start reading Chapter 3 on Speech.


Chrome

Google is being investigated for antitrust issues. They do have a near-monopoly in certain types of advertising. One interesting breakup proposal:

politico.com/news/2020/10/10/feds-may-target-googles-chrome-browser-for-breakup-428468.

Law enforcement

Google gives some search queries to local police

cnet.com/news/google-is-giving-data-to-police-based-on-search-keywords-court-docs-show

Network Security

Well, government security rules for network operators in France:

itsecurityguru.org/2020/10/06/french-cafe-owners-arrested-for-running-no-log-wifi-networks



Facebook: just started Cambridge Analytica

Credit-Like Bureaus

Tinder

Public Records

Theories of Privacy

Smyth v Pillsbury

Advertising and cookies

https://themarkup.org/blacklight

Target and pregnancy

Price discrimination

Topics questions:

Speech