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The Surveillance State: Big Data, Freedom, and You

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Tackle the tough questions about surveillance and data in the 21st century with an esteemed legal expert and professorial lecturer, focusing on the crucial events that are happening around us right now.

Syllabus

  • 01: Security, Liberty, or Neither?
  • 02: The Charlie Hebdo Tragedy
  • 03: East Germany's Stasi State
  • 04: Surveillance in America
  • 05: Failing to Connect the Dots on 9/11
  • 06: The U.S. Spy Network in Action
  • 07: Big Data's Shadow
  • 08: Some Problems with Privacy
  • 09: Under Observation: The Panopticon Effect
  • 10: Drones, Drones Everywhere
  • 11: Biometrics: Eyes, Fingers, Everything
  • 12: Hacking, Espionage, and Surveillance
  • 13: Local Police on the Cyber Beat
  • 14: Geolocation: Tracking You and Your Data
  • 15: Internet Surveillance
  • 16: Metadata: Legal or Not
  • 17: Technology Outruns the Law
  • 18: Your Personal Data Is the Product
  • 19: The Internet of Things
  • 20: Anonymity: Going off the Grid
  • 21: Code Breaking versus Code Making
  • 22: Europe's Right to Be Forgotten
  • 23: National Security and the First Amendment
  • 24: The Privacy Debate Needs You
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Paul Rosenzweig

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