INQ 100 Section 5071
Computers, Society, and Ethics

Syllabus:

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Readings:

Please read the following article and come prepared to discuss it in class on Thursday December 4:

• Cranor, Lorrie Faith. Can Phishing be foiled? Scientific American. Dec. 2008. p104-110

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=35158775&site=ehost-live&scope=site

The article describes the anti-phishing research led by Lorrie Faith Cranor, associate professor and director of the Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University. The starting point of her research was understanding the critical human factors that phishers exploit for criminal gain. That knowledge is helping researchers in her group develop better ways of educating Internet users and design software that is more effective in detecting phishing attempts.

Presentation Schedule:

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Research Paper:

• Paper Assignment
• Suggested Topics
• Annotated Bibliography

Class Overheads:

• Introduction: Computers and Ethics
• Chapter 1: Computers and Society
• Chapter 2: Computers and Privacy
• Chapter 3: Freedom of Speech
• Chapter 4: Intellectual Property
• Chapter 5: Computer Crime
• Chapter 6: Computers and Work
• Chapter 7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology
• Chapter 8: Trust in and Reliability of Computer Systems
• Chapter 9: Professional Responsibility
• Discussion Scenarios

Assignments:

• Assignment 1: Topics of Interest (Due: 9/9/08)
• Assignment 2: RFIDs and Privacy (Due: 9/16/08)
• Assignment 3: Intellectual Property (Due dates: Part 1: 10/2/08, Part 2: 10/7/08)
• Assignment 4: Hacking (Due: 10/23/08)
• Assignment 5: Computer Use Policy (Due: 10/28/08)
• Assignment 6: Freedom of Speech Trial (in class)
• Assignment 7: Legislating Computing Systems Reliability (Due dates: Part 1: 11/20/08, Part 2: 12/2/08)
• Assignment 8: Review of The Matrix (Due: 12/4/08)