Computer Ethics, Sum 2016


Class 3

Class 3 Readings

Read all of chapter 1 and the first five sections of chapter 4.




Spell checker problem: http://samnewman.io/blog/2016/05/30/want-to-spell-check-read-the-fine-print/

The most popular spell checker for MS Visual Studio sends your stuff to a third-party site and checks it there. What could possibly go wrong?

Besides the obvious leakage, code sometimes contains important embedded keys.


        

Justin Schafer

An FBI swat team raided Justin Schafer's Texas home on May 24, 2016. The raid apparently was the result of Schafer's exposure of a vulnerability in the Eaglesoft dental software system of Patterson Dental. Schafer had discovered that Patterson Dental kept protected patient information on an anonymous FTP server (that is, an FTP server that does not require a password to access the stored documents). Patterson Dental claimed to the FBI that Schafer's access of this FTP server was "unauthorized" and hence a felony under the CFAA. Schafer had earlier notified Patterson Dental, and had not published his results until the data was secured, or at least no longer accessible without a password. More at www.dailydot.com/politics/justin-shafer-fbi-raid/.

What kind of judge signs off on a warrant like this?


Windows zero-day market value approaches $100K



  
At the end of class 2, we just got to RIAA-2.

DMCA (move to here)
Rightscorp

Fair Use
Sony
Criminal infringement
Music sampling
Transformative Use:
    Kelly and Perfect 10
    Cariou v Prince
Napster and games
Laws
Cases

Viacom v YouTube