COSC 511 Questions for February 8, 1999


1.  Pick a person you know.  It can be yourself.  Find out how much you
can learn about that person on the Web.  You don't need to actually get
the information (especially if it would cost money), but write down what
information you could get, where you would get it, and what it would
cost.

2.  In what ways does the United States regulate privacy on the Internet?
Should it do more (or less) and, if so, what?

3.  Find a Web site with a TRUSTe stamp of approval.  What is the site's
policy on privacy?

4.  Can cookies read your e-mail or get access to the contents of your
files?  Could they be used to spread a virus?

5.  Pick an organization.  Find out what you could learn about that
organization from Internet sources that might be useful from an IW
perspective.  What information is available that could be exploited in
an offensive IW operation?

6.  Using the same organization, what is the public identity/image of
the organization on the Internet?  What is the organization doing to
affect its public image?  What are others doing to affect that image?

7.  Based on your answers to 5 and 6, what actions if any would you
recommend that this organization or any organization take regarding
information about it on the Internet?

8.  Under what conditions is deception ethical?

9.  Can a government effectively censor content on the Internet?
What is likely to be the impact of such censorship?

10.  Should spam be regulated and if so how?

11.  Write down at least two questions for John Rendon.