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-- Needless to say I'm not sure how far I trust this, but...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.coursera.org/course/surveillance"><https://www.coursera.org/course/surveillance></a><br>
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[from description:] (the links aren't real here)<br>
<p>It’s easy to be
cynical about government surveillance. In recent years, a parade
of Orwellian
disclosures have been making headlines. The FBI, for example, is <u><font
color="#000000"><a
href="http://www.wired.com/2013/09/freedom-hosting-fbi/">hacking
into
computers</a> <a
href="http://www.wired.com/2014/08/operation_torpedo/">that
run anonymizing software</a></font></u>. The NSA is <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order">vacuuming
up domestic phone
records</a>. Even local police departments are getting in on the
act, <a
href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/08/cellphone-data-spying-nsa-police/3902809/">tracking
cellphone location history and intercepting signals in realtime</a>.</p>
<p>Perhaps 2014 is
not quite 1984, though. This course explores how American law
facilitates electronic
surveillance—but also substantially constrains it. You will learn
the legal
procedures that police and intelligence agencies have at their
disposal, as well as the security
and privacy safeguards built into those procedures. The material
also provides
brief, not-too-geeky technical explanations of some common
surveillance
methods.</p>
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The course started almost a week ago (just got the announcement!)
& it's free.<br>
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Enjoy,<br>
Ed<br>
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