1. 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

3. About Edward Snowden and the United States National Security Agency (NSA) Edward SnowdenNational Security AgencyEdward SnowdenNational Security Agency http://youtu.be/EQNSCjbW_00 Comprehensive overview of what it’s all about: –Everything you need to know about PRISM: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/17/4517480/nsa-spying-prism-surveillance-cheat-sheet http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/17/4517480/nsa-spying-prism-surveillance-cheat-sheet All the leaked documents: –Snowden Archive: https://cjfe.org/snowdenhttps://cjfe.org/snowden

4. How does the surveillance actually work? http://youtu.be/GoM4jIZbTtQ

5. Canada’s “NSA”: Communication Security Establishment Communication Security Establishment Communication Security Establishment http://youtu.be/_VPf_Pvcs0M

6. 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 https://youtu.be/SnvQzE7xGc4 http://www.gchq.gov.uk/what_we_do/how_does_an_analyst_catch_a_terrorist/

7. In support of government surveillance: “We need protection from terrorists!” We Need an Invasive NSA –http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115002/invasive-nsa-will- protect-us-cyber-attackshttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/115002/invasive-nsa-will- protect-us-cyber-attacks We Need NSA Surveillance –http://www.nationalreview.com/article/355959/we-need-nsa- surveillance-gerald-walpinhttp://www.nationalreview.com/article/355959/we-need-nsa- surveillance-gerald-walpin Why we need government surveillance –http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/opinion/sulmasy-nsa- snowden/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/opinion/sulmasy-nsa- snowden/ NSA intelligence-gathering programs keep us safe –http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nsa-intelligence- gathering-programs-keep-us-safe/2014/01/02/0fd51b22- 7173-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nsa-intelligence- gathering-programs-keep-us-safe/2014/01/02/0fd51b22- 7173-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.html

8. Which is more important? Source: http://www.claybennett.com/pages/security_fence.htmlhttp://www.claybennett.com/pages/security_fence.html

9. Why we should care about our government spying on us CRITICAL THINKING ALERT: Unabashedly one-sided opinion http://youtu.be/4J2vL3GNM1U

10. 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: https://openmedia.ca/ourprivacyhttps://openmedia.ca/ourprivacy OpenMedia International: https://openmedia.orghttps://openmedia.org 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