COMM 226 Information Privacy: A personal and societal perspective Chitu Okoli Associate Professor in Business Technology Management John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montréal 1

About Edward Snowden and the United States National Security Agency (NSA) Edward SnowdenNational Security AgencyEdward SnowdenNational Security Agency Comprehensive overview of what it’s all about: –Everything you need to know about PRISM: All the leaked documents: –Snowden Archive:

How does the surveillance actually work?

Canada’s “NSA”: Communication Security Establishment Communication Security Establishment Communication Security Establishment

What do the implicated governments say? Intelligence expert: “NSA leak puts U.S. at risk” UK’s GCHQ explains what they do with this kind of information:GCHQ

In support of government surveillance: “We need protection from terrorists!” We Need an Invasive NSA – protect-us-cyber-attackshttp:// protect-us-cyber-attacks We Need NSA Surveillance – surveillance-gerald-walpinhttp:// surveillance-gerald-walpin Why we need government surveillance – snowden/ snowden/ NSA intelligence-gathering programs keep us safe – gathering-programs-keep-us-safe/2014/01/02/0fd51b e3-8b3f-b ca3b_story.htmlhttp:// gathering-programs-keep-us-safe/2014/01/02/0fd51b e3-8b3f-b ca3b_story.html

Which is more important? Source:

Why we should care about our government spying on us CRITICAL THINKING ALERT: Unabashedly one-sided opinion

What can you do about it? Stay informed and make your voice heard –OpenMedia is the leading Canadian non-profit organization that campaigns for citizen’s Internet privacy: OpenMedia International: How to use the Internet privately –Use https (secure versions of websites) when possiblewhen possible –Use VPN (virtual private networks)VPN –Use the Tor browser for almost complete anonymityTor browser