Friday, October 15

1. Define: 
               wiretap: A concealed listening or recording device connected to a communications circuit.                        
               
               encryption: a process which is applied to text messages or other important data               
               
               social networking: Social networking is the practice of expanding the number of one's business 
               and/or social contacts by making connections through individuals.               
               
               unscramble: To straighten out or disentangle (a jumble or tangle); resolve.
               
               broadband: relating to, or having a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies.                              
               
               service provider: is an entity that provides services to other entities.                                         
               
               coalesce: To grow together; fuse.               
               
               mandate: An authoritative command or instruction               
               
               freeware:  software that is provided without charge               
                
               retrofitting: the addition of new technology or features to older systems.








2. Are there any possible concerns about wiretapping the internet that they do not have about phone tapping?  
      Some concerns about wiretapping is that if you have all of your bank or business information on a website than the people who wiretap will have access to your credit card numbers, sales in business, everything.
        
3. If people communicate without using technology, how can government find out about this? What could the government do to more effectively track private conversations, if we were willing to grant government unlimited power?
      They would probably end up putting security cameras everywhere so there is no unseen place in America.

4. What does it mean to say that the internet has a “decentralized design”? What would a centralized internet look like?  
      Most websites now are "decentralized designs" and centralized designs will make it so you can log in with one username and password so all your data and business information is all in one place instead of jumping around different websites.

5. “We’re talking about lawfully authorized intercepts…We’re not talking expanding authority.” What concern is Caproni responding to? Is Dempsey concerned about expanded wiretap authority?     
           Caproni isn't worried about expanding authority, he's concerned that people knowing they are being surveillanced all the time will stop communicating on the internet and phone so the government won't know what's going on.

6. According to the article, under current policy communication service providers can be “served with orders to try to develop” interception capacities. Would the new proposal be a substantial change in policy?
     Yes it would be.
          

7. Should courts be able to issue such orders?
        No.
  

8. “Writing any statute in ‘technologically neutral’ terms would also help prevent it from becoming obsolete, officials said.” What does it mean to be technologically neutral? Do you think it is possible for technology to nevertheless make this law obsolete? Explain.
     Yes, I think it will make the law obsolete. If you are technically neutral than you aren't really for technology or against it, you use it but your not obsessed with it.

9. “It is not clear how [the law] could compel compliance by overseas services that do no domestic business, or from a ‘freeware’ application developed by volunteers.” Why is this?
     People don't see how the law can threaten a company to follow a law or rule with making them do no business or form a 'freeware application.
      
     10. “If they start building in all these back doors, they will be exploited.” Is he right? Should government be able to force private companies to make their products less effective in order to help fight crime?
       No, the government shouldn't force companies to change their products just so the government can spy on everyone. Their products, their choices.

11. “The investigative burden and costs will shift to providers.” Should government be able to force private companies to devote resources to helping it fight crime?
       No, i don't think the government should force private companies to do that, if they are there own company not owned by the government they should be able to have a choice to help in "fighting crime" if they want to.

12. If tyrannical foreign governments make similar laws, should companies comply in order to be allowed to do business in these countries? How should companies decide which, if any, governments to trust? 
      They should comply because they tyrannical government will probably put that company out of business if they don't. But they should not be forced to.

Essential Question October 7th, 2010

We are starting to work in Keytrain more.  What are the skills you are refreshing in Keytrain and why are they important now and in your future?  


We're learning or refreshing, how to read charts, and read the entire passage or question before moving on to the answer. I normally don't read the entire passage or question, I just move on the question and skim through the passage to find the answer. Now, I am probably going to learn to read the entire thing before moving on. They are important for the future so you know the entire problem or story before moving on.