Prior Readings
Week 7 - Privacy and Law
Good Basics-
https://media.odi.org/documents/11205.pdf
https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/dark-patterns-new-frontier-privacy-regulation-2021-07-29/ (ADA-Archival link)
Cuts to the chase: https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/policy-analysis-in-750-words-classic-5-step-advice/
Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide' - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://web.archive.org/web/20210817005525/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/26/constitution-digital-privacy-loopholes-purchases/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web/ (ADA-Archival link)
http://www.livescience.com/37398-right-to-privacy.html (ADA-Archival link)
The Right of Privacy: Is it Protected by the Constitution?
https://doctorow.medium.com/privacy-preserving-age-verification-is-bullshit-0aefd53019e0 (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/uk-social-media-ban-under-16s-big-tech-age-verification (ADA-Archival link)
Week 6 - Anonymity and Social Media
https://expression.fire.org/p/in-defense-of-anonymity-the-guard (ADA-Archival link)
https://informationsecurity.wustl.edu/the-power-of-virtual-private-networks-vpn-in-privacy-protection/ (ADA-Archival link)
http://lifehacker.com/what-is-tor-and-should-i-use-it-1527891029 (ADA-Archival link)
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/what-tor-supporter-looks-laura-poitras (ADA-Archival link)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/randi-zuckerberg-anonymity-online_n_910892.html (ADA-Archival link)
https://free.law/2015/09/17/the-right-to-read-anonymously/ (ADA-Archival link)
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/24/obfuscation-users-guide-for-privacy-and-protest-online-surveillance (ADA-Archival link)
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http://nautil.us/issue/52/the-hive/modern-media-is-a-dos-attack-on-your-free-will (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/31/how-facebook-robbed-us-of-our-sense-of-self (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tiktokers-speculate-meta-tiktok-ban/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-11-facebook-dystopian-whistleblower-leaks-experts.html (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90886959/twitter-alternatives-mastodon-t2-post-bluesky (ADA-Archival link)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/social-media-ban-children-countries-list/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-joins-snap-tiktok-youtube-settle-social-media-addiction-case-kentucky (ADA-Archival link)
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Week 5 - Intro to Privacy and Verification
The tech
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/05/how-internet-encryption-works (ADA-Archival link)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2905995/truecrypt-audit-shows-no-sign-of-nsa-backdoors-just-some-minor-glitches.html (ADA-Archival link)
http://www.howtogeek.com/67241/htg-explains-what-are-md5-sha-1-hashes-and-how-do-i-check-them/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.troyhunt.com/we-didnt-encrypt-your-password-we-hashed-it-heres-what-that-means/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/18/nists-new-password-rules-what-you-need-to-know/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-password-rules-security-experts-live-by-in-2025-the-last-one-might-surprise-you/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://mojoauth.com/blog/what-are-the-limitations-of-passkeys#introduction-the-promise-and-the-catch-of-passkeys (ADA-Archival link)
https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/password-managers-zero-knowledge-encryption-flaws-2026/ (ADA-Archival link)
Week 5 - Intro to Privacy and Verification
The tech
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/05/how-internet-encryption-works (ADA-Archival link)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2905995/truecrypt-audit-shows-no-sign-of-nsa-backdoors-just-some-minor-glitches.html (ADA-Archival link)
http://www.howtogeek.com/67241/htg-explains-what-are-md5-sha-1-hashes-and-how-do-i-check-them/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.troyhunt.com/we-didnt-encrypt-your-password-we-hashed-it-heres-what-that-means/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/18/nists-new-password-rules-what-you-need-to-know/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-password-rules-security-experts-live-by-in-2025-the-last-one-might-surprise-you/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://mojoauth.com/blog/what-are-the-limitations-of-passkeys#introduction-the-promise-and-the-catch-of-passkeys (ADA-Archival link)
https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/password-managers-zero-knowledge-encryption-flaws-2026/ (ADA-Archival link)
Week 4 - Internet Regulation
https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-history-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-infrastructure.htm#pt1
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/man-who-built-isp-instead-of-paying-comcast-50k-expands-to-hundreds-of-homes/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/03/nx-s1-5247840/net-neutrality-fcc-struck (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/07/federal-consumer-protection-is-dead-the-fate-of-net-neutrality-warned-you-it-was-coming/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://web.archive.org/web/20171126051137/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/nationalize-internet-net-neutrality/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.washburnlaw.edu/admissions/admitted/_docs/how-to-read-legal-opinion.pdf
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf
Week 3 - Telecommunications Regulation
In the News:
https://cyberscoop.com/the-fcc-wants-consumers-to-rate-their-telecoms-anti-robocall-protections/ (Archival-ADA link)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/04/att-win-stop-landline-service-bay-area-california/ (Archival-ADA link)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0zwxl3k0o (Archival-ADA link)
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https://web.archive.org/web/20050129100111/https://museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/federalcommu/federalcommu.htm (Archival-ADA link)
http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/471/hout/telecomHistory/ (Archival-ADA link)
https://old.law.columbia.edu/my_pubs/barbecue.html (Archival-ADA link)
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/physics/electromagnetic-spectrum/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://historyofcomputercommunications.info/section/3.2/Carterfone,-ATT-and-the-FCC-1948-1967/ (ADA-Archival link)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-stephen-colbert-won-t-end-fcc-freaking-201553097.html (Archival-ADA link)
Week 2
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/policy_vs_techn.html (emergency link)
Interesting - https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/law-policy-and-it/2023/05/01/real-reason-information-policy
The Econ I'm (not) talking about
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/jul/11/how-economics-became-a-religion (emergency link)
On Econ
https://jrm4.com/Journal/2021/01/03/Wealth-of-Networks-Benkler/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_1.pdf
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/519/440 (emergency link)
On Law
https://jrm4.com/Journal/2021/01/03/Transcendental-Nonsense/waldron-cohen.pdf
https://jrm4.com/Journal/2021/01/03/The-Law-of-the-Horse/finalhls.pdf
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