Computer Ethics, Spring 2017
Comm 010, 4:15-6:45 Thursdays
Class 7
Week 7 Readings
Mar 2
Read Chapter 3, on Speech
News
A blog from the Internet Archive on the DMCA: blog.archive.org/2017/02/23/the-internet-archive-pushes-back-on-notice-and-staydown-in-recent-comments-to-the-copyright-office.
Licensing trouble at Github: www.mirbsd.org/permalinks/wlog-10_e20170301-tg.htm.
Github just adopted a new
ToS. Are the concerns reasonable? That's hard to say; the author of
the mirbsd post is losing in the debate on reddit and hackernews. However,
the ToS does state (paragraph D4) that you will waive some rights which
you might not have. Also, paragraph D5 does not seem to take into
account the common requirement that sharing requires attribution.
At least the author here read the ToS.
Is this a good idea, or is it creepy: techcrunch.com/2017/03/01/facebook-brings-suicide-prevention-tools-to-live-and-messenger.
If you want your papers encrypted when I return them, let me know. You'll
need to install GPG, and send me your
public key. I'll use that to encrypt your paper before
returning it.
A key is created with
To export your own public key, use gpg
--export your_email_addr. Add the -a option for easier
manageability as text. You'll need to send this public key to me.
End of class 6: just got to advertising.
Cookies demo
Shopper Surveillance
Insurance
RFID
SSN
Price Discrimination
Free Speech
CDA