Preliminary Syllabus: Computers, Crime and Privacy 1998

 

Privacy on the Line by Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau

The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling.

1/13

Introduction and Course Mechanics

Crime and Law Enforcement: The Past

1/15

 

Lund v Commonwealth of Virginia 232 S.E. 2d 745 (Va. 1977);

United States v. Seidlitz 589 F.2d 152 (4th Cir. 1978)

United States v Jones 553 F. 2d 351 (1977)

The People of New York v. Robert Versaggi 518 N.Y. S. 2d 553 (1987)

1/20

The Hacker Crackdown: Parts 1 and 2

U. S. v. Neidorff

1/27

The Hacker Crackdown: Parts 3 and 4

Steve Jackson Games v U.S. Secret Service and ...

 

Crime and Law Enforcement: Present and Future

2/3

Intel v Randal Schwartz (web page)

Chaos Club v Microsoft (webbed stories)

2/10

The Cornell censorship case

Jake Baker case

Caltech Harassment--or fake harassment--case

 

The Old Privacy Issues

2/17

Fair Credit Reporting Act and cases.

Merriken v. Cressman;

Electronic Communications Privacy Act

 

Encryption and Strong Privacy

2/24

D. Friedman, "A World of Strong Privacy," Philosophy and Public Policy

Online readings on the Clipper Chip controversy

3/3

Privacy on the Line

3/10

Privacy on the Line

3/24

First Drafts of Papers Due

Student Presentations From Here On

4/28

Final Drafts of Papers Due


Readings will be available on line, on disk (library reserve), and in some cases as hardcopy.

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