COSC 511 Questions for February 22, 1999


1.  What are the benefits and drawbacks of installing video cameras and
other sensors in public places when (a) the information is available
only to the police and (b) it is available to anyone, say through the
Web?

2.  Comment on the ethics of the Echelon system and other systems
used by government agencies to collect intelligence.

3.  Comment on the Crypto AG story in Adams, Pp. 214.  Do you think
that Crypto AG rigged their machines?  If so, was that ethical?

4.  How could an adversary exploit the technologies and methods of
attack described in Denning, Chapter 7, in a strategic attack against
the United States?

5.  What are the information warfare threats to owners of cell phones?

6.  Should satellite imagery be regulated and, if so, how?  Justify
your answer.

7.  How serious is the threat of HERF guns?