CSE 301 Computing Ethics

Class Log

 

Date
Topics
Aug23
Logistics
Aug30

Technicalities

encryption methods
decryption
prime numbers
Sep6

General Issues

Ethics in Engineering
Ethics in Science
Ethics in Philosophy
Sep13

What is Cyberethics

Google and China
History of cyberethics
Sep20

Professional Ethics

software development
Professional Codes across disciplines
IEE and ACM codes
SECEPP
Windows vulnerabilities
Whistle blowing
Sep27

Privacy and Cyberspace I

Spam/Email
Spying Software
Publicly availbale government data
RFID
Computer Merging
Oct4

Privacy and Cyberspace II

Government Google subpoena
Data Mining & Privacy
PETs
Privacy Legislation
public webcams
computers in your car
GPS

Oc11

Cybersecurity

spyware intrusion
full disclosure
security
Googlebombing
integrated systems & cyberspace
worms & viruses
Oct18
Cybercrime

phishing
Money Mules
Corporate Espionage
ID theft
The Patriot Act
online gambling
Oct25

Cybercommerce I

Net neutrality
Taxation
online publishing
online banking
Nov1

Intellectual Property I

piracy
plagiarism in education
Napster
software patents
Google/YouTube
Nov8

Intellectual Property II

economy of abundance
pornography
watermarks
open source
intellectual commons
Nov15

Cybercommerce II

Anticompetitive practices
Microsoft
ebay
Amazon
Gambling
Nov22
(next class: thxgiving)

Electronic warfare

Stuxnet
Infrastructure intrusion
Whistleblowing

(previoust class: thxgiving)
Dec6

Various

ethical implications of AI
The Digital Divide
Googlebombing
plagiarism in education