Big Brother Might be Watching
Agenda: US Patriot Act Copyright Infringement Social Media Packets
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 of 16 provisions made permanent 3 controversial provisions extended
US Patriot Act: Controversy PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of Extends 3 controversial provisions until 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 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 –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 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?