COAP:Privacy
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Introduction
This page includes the program and the resources for the module on privacy
Day one
Let's see how you are tracked
Install the Lightbeam and Ghostery navigator extensions according to instructions
- Lightbeam is a Firefox extension that will tell you who is spying on you. When you start it, it will track and visualize all third party websites that interact with your page and your browser.
- Ghostery is a Firefox/Chrome browser plugin that “sees the invisible web - tags, web bugs, pixels and beacons. Ghostery tracks the trackers and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.”
If you do have a Google account (Gmail), see what Google knows about you:
Quizzes on privacy
Each student should take three and write down 1-2 surprising things.
- Privacy 001 (Canadian government)
- Santa Clara University (advanced, non interactive)
- ACLU privacy quiz
- Privacy IQ (from Awast)
Discussion of the Quizz.
Presentation of 1 or 2 cases
- Girls around me (Santa Clara Univ.)
Discussion
- Why does privacy matter ?
Regulations
- Privacy and data projection laws in Europe, Switzerland and the EU
Protection strategies
- What can a user do ?
Day two
Presentations / discussion
- Short presentations of readings
A common text
- Summary of issues
- Minimal ethical guidelines
- Advice for protection
Reading list
- Sources: ACM/IEEE and classes on compute ethics, e.g. Privacy online
- Liberty in the age of technology (ACLU, 2014, 3 pages)