4/18: Hackers

If you plan to turn in Essay 2,  turn in

• Draft 1 
• Reader Feedback (2 reader reports)
• Draft 2
• Essay Checklist
• Any slips proving you have visited the Writing Center (B200) or SGA Tutoring

Class

1. Report on Honan

• Worried about your digital shadow? Detox your digital self: https://tacticaltech.org/news/data-detox-kit/

2. Writing lesson: Introductions and Conclusions

3. Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class

• Watch: Terms and Conditions
  http://laguardia.kanopystreaming.com/video/terms-and-conditions-may-apply-1
• Read: 
• The lead for the Wikipedia entry on the National Security Agency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency
• The lead for the Wikipedia entry on Edward Snowden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden
• The NSA Files: https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded

4/16: Algorithms, Data Mining, and Profiling

If you plan to turn in Essay 2,  turn in

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Class

1. Report on Andrews

2. a) Check: This advertising from data-aggregator Acxiom: https://vimeo.com/166527182

and its accompanying handout: https://www.acxiom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BRO-AbiliTec_web.pdf

b) Consider the semantics of calling Americans

• citizens
• taxpayers
• customers
• consumers

c) Check Andrews's "Social Network Constitution" 

3. Watch/Discuss: Zeynep Tufekci, “Machine intelligence makes human morals more important.” (TED Talk and transcript)

4. Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class

• Read: Honan, Mat. “Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore" 
• Write: Journal 7 on Honan using the 7Ws

Ongoing:  Watch the documentary Terms and Conditions
http://laguardia.kanopystreaming.com/video/terms-and-conditions-may-apply-1