Computer Ethics, Fall 2023 online, class 13

Thursday Nov 30

Class 13 Readings

Read Chapter 3 of Baase on freedom of speech

Videos:




Backpage convictions (sort of)

reason.com/2023/11/29/the-backpage-defendants-never-stood-a-chance


US govt pays AT&T to let cops search American's phone records

www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/wyden_hemisphere_letter

Smith v Maryland says the police don't need a warrant for this. AT&T did keep each record for several years.

Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/11/chrome-pushes-forward-with-plans-to-limit-ad-blockers-in-the-future

The old Manifest V2 rules will end in June 2024. Why do people even use Chrome?

The End is Near (for third-party cookies)

developer.chrome.com/en/blog/cookie-countdown-2023oct

Notes for devs. Some sort-of-legit things will break.



Patents

State-street Bank and business-method patents

Apple patents

Bilski

Abstract Patents (where Bilski fails)

Alice


Antitrust

Crime

    Resume with Schwartz

    Then Childs, Amero, Auernheimer