Computer Ethics, Spring 2017
Comm 010, 4:15-6:45 Thursdays
Class 9
March 23
Week 9 Readings
Baase:
Read Chapter 3, on Speech
Read the Chapter 4 sections on software patents.
Read the Garfinkel, Stallings and Graham papers
on software patents. (You don't have to read the entire
Graham paper.)
News
AT&T and other advertisers quit advertising on YouTube: usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/03/22/att-pulls-google-youtube-ads-over-offensive-content/99497194.
This may be a major trend, as online advertising has pretty completely
eliminated the advertiser's ability to choose where the ad runs.
Third Circuit decision on forced decryption: more ambiguity. The Fifth
Amendment protects against self-incrimination, but not against production of
incriminating documents if it is a "foregone conclusion" that the documents
exist, are under the control of the accused, and are authentic. That is, you
can't take the Fifth on the contents of the documents, only on
your ability to produce them. How does the Foregone Conclusion doctrine
apply to demands for decryption? www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/03/20/third-circuit-doesnt-resolve-standard-for-forced-decryption-under-the-fifth-amendment.
Tractor hacking: motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware.
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.
Start with McLibel
Threat speech
Germany and hate speech
LICRA v Yahoo
Google and being forgotten