Jan 21.
"Privacy is dead" and other myths.
Jan 21.
Primer on cryptography.
Feb 4.
Primer on the Internet and Web technologies.
Feb 4.
Web tracking and fingerprinting.
Assignment #1 due.
Feb 11.
Privacy and digital marketing.
Project proposals due.
Feb 18.
Location privacy.
Feb 18.
Privacy in social networks.
Feb 25.
Data anonymization and re-identification.
Feb 25.
Privacy as a luxury good.
Mar 4.
SSL/TLS in the real world.
Assignment #2 due.
Mar 11.
Legal perspective on data privacy.
Mar 13 (Friday, 12:30p, Big Red).
Federal regulation of privacy.
Wiretapping and surveillance.
Mar 18.
Online privacy protection.
Mar 25.
Off-the-record messaging.
Mar 25.
Contextual integrity.
Apr 8.
Tor and anonymity networks.
Apr 15.
Privacy and civil liberties.
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Guest: Chris Soghoian, Principal Technologist, Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, American Civil Liberties Union.
Assignment #3 due.
Apr 22.
Genomic privacy.
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Guest: Yaniv Erlich, Professor, New York Genome Center and Columbia University.
Apr 29.
Bitcoin.
May 6.
Internet censorship.
Assignment #4 due.