Computer Ethics, Spring 2017
Comm 010, 4:15-6:45 Thursdays
Class 11
April 6
Week 11 Readings
Baase:
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
New FCC chairman Ajit Pai on Internet privacy: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-republicans-didnt-just-strip-away-your-internet-privacy-rights/2017/04/04/73e6d500-18ab-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html.
The strange story of Taylor Huddleston: thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/31/fbi-arrests-hacker-who-hacked-no-one.html.
But was he intentionally helping hackers?
More on adtech (advertising tracking) as a bad thing: artplusmarketing.com/brands-need-to-fire-adtech-f9d18edd2f9a.
False alarm (maybe) on the privacy front: eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/first-horseman-privacy-apocalypse-has-already-arrived-verizon-announces-plans.
The original story was that Verizon was going to push app-tracking spyware
onto all their phones. The truth? Verizon denies it.
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.
Patents
What's the issue with software patents?