Computers have long been viewed as a threat to privacy. Recent developments have precisely the opposite implication; they have made it possible for ordinary citizens to routinely communicate in ways that are probably secure against the FBI or the NSA. Technological developments already in progress may soon make possible a level of individual privacy never known before. In these ways and many others, new technologies provide opportunities for liberty, oppression, crime, protection against crime, ... .
This Year's Lecture Notes: Table of Contents. The Notes.
Last Year's Lecture Notes
Some Possible Paper Topics
Links to Material on the Web
Links to Papers in Progress and Related Materials
BTW, New York State is setting up an Off Track Betting operation via the Internet. Can a state arrest the governor of another state? I'd like to see the New York AG go up against the Minn. AG.
(Sean Donelan, on Cyberia-L)