Big Brother Might be Watching

Agenda:

US Patriot Act: Basics

Post September 11 Counter Terror Measure

TITLE II- Surveillance Procedures•Amendments to FISA and ECPA•Contains 16 provision covering surveillance of suspected terrorists, computer fraud/abuse suspects, and suspicious foreign powers.

USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005•14 of 16 provisions made permanent•3 controversial provisions extended

US Patriot Act: Controversy

PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011-

Extends 3 controversial provisions until 2015

1.Roving Electronic Surveillance (Roving Wiretaps)

2.Business Records

3.“Lone Wolf” Terrorists

*”Sneak and Peek” Warrants

US Patriot Act: Vs. Constitution

Amendment I: Freedom of Speech and Association

Amendment IV: Freedom from unreasonable searches

Amendment VI: Right to a speedy and public trial

FACEBOOK ACTUALLY CIA TOOL

Did you know?

• Every activity you engage in on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites have the potential of being tracked?

• Every Email you send can be tracked?

• Every website you visit can be tracked?

Be Careful!!!

Police Using Social Media

• Individual was charged in NY with murder and narcotic related crimes due to posting information about the crimes on Facebook.

• City of Cincinnati has arrested 71 people from social media posts. They created a database that gathered the data from Facebook and phone records to stop crime.

Big Data

• Large set of data being collected through cookies

• Cookies- messages that web servers pass to your web browser when you visit Internet sites

• Many marketing firms use the data collect from your computer to market specific products.

Copyright Infringement is Expensive!

Copyright Infringement

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)– Circumventing control measures

• Copyright Act of 1976-– Established basic rights of copyright holders– Defined penalties for infringement

PENALTIES-

Criminal- 5 years/$250,000

Civil- $750-$30,000 per work

Copyright Infringement: Who’s Watching?

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)– Advocates for protecting creators and their works

Copyrights Alert System (Six Strikes)– Slowing or suspension of internet– Internet Service Providers assisting

Copyright Infringement: But it’s not me!

Detection relies on IP Addresses

IP Addresses- e.g. 64.106.111.10

Numerical label assigned to each device in a computer network.•Like an address so the Internet knows where to send the requested information. •Different ISPs own blocks of addresses and assign to customers.•IP addresses can be traced!

• IP addresses can help identify you.

Packet Sniffing

• Collects copies of network packets and analyzes contents.

– What is a packet?

• One unit of binary data capable of being routed through a network

Packets

• Each message is broken into a certain size of bytes (packets--- each message contains many packets)

Quiz

• What is a cookie? (not the kind you eat)

• How is data transported over the internet?

• When was the Patriot Act Passed?