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Over the past two weeks we’ve looked at big-picture concepts of privacy and how the Internet reflects these issues in the context of corporations and people. This week, we dive into the specific question of surveillance by governments: how the Internet allows governments to observe their (and other governments') citizens, how these issues are different than from the corporate context, and what government surveillance does to us and the Internet as a system.
Over the past two weeks we’ve looked at big-picture concepts of privacy and how the Internet reflects these issues in the context of corporations and people. This week, we dive into the specific question of surveillance by governments: how the Internet allows governments to observe their (and other governments') citizens, how these issues are different than from the corporate context, and what government surveillance does to us and the Internet as a system.
==Assignment 2==
Your [[Assignments#Assignment_2:_Prospectus|final project prospectus]] is due today before class. Please upload your prospectus [[Assignment_2_Submissions|here]].


==Readings==
==Readings==


; Government vs. Corporate Surveillance
; Government vs. Corporate Surveillance

Revision as of 14:46, 24 February 2015

March 3

Over the past two weeks we’ve looked at big-picture concepts of privacy and how the Internet reflects these issues in the context of corporations and people. This week, we dive into the specific question of surveillance by governments: how the Internet allows governments to observe their (and other governments') citizens, how these issues are different than from the corporate context, and what government surveillance does to us and the Internet as a system.

Assignment 2

Your final project prospectus is due today before class. Please upload your prospectus here.

Readings

Government vs. Corporate Surveillance
Case Study - the NSA Scandal and Surveillance Policy
Surveillance and U.S. law
  • If you're interested, the Donohue article can be found here.

Optional Readings

  • The Jennifer Granick / Orin Kerr debates on metadata and the Fourth Amendment

Class Discussion

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