Harvard University Extension School
Fall 2007

CSCI E-6: Internet Crime

Oct 25, 2007

Wireless and RFID

Lecture 5 << Lecture 6 >> Lecture 7
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Introduction to the FCC and the role of licensed spectrum. Uses of radio spectrum: communication, navigation, identification. Spread Spectrum.

History of RFID. RFID deployments. RFID privacy issues.

Readings

Wikipedia article on RFID
Adopting Fair Information Practices to Low Cost RFID Systems, Simson L. Garfinkel, Ubiquitous Computing 2002 Privacy Workshop, Gotenborg, Sweden

We will continue our readings in Privacy on the Line:

Privacy on the Line, Chapter 8: Communications in the 1990s(24 pages)
Privacy on the Line, Chapter 9: Cryptography in the 1990s (28 pages)

Optional Readings

This article is a follow-up to our class discussion of the first day:

Stealing your Neighbor's Net, Steve Hargreaves, CNN/Money staff Writer, August 9, 2005. [followup]

I have managed to obtain a copy of the 1984 article on RFID by Harry Stockman:

"Communication by Means of Reflected Power", R&E, The Institute of Radio Engineers, Inc. Volume 36, 1948. pp. 1196-1204.
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 US 726 (1978)
Red Lion Broadcasting vs. FCC [Wikipedia] [opinion]

Resources and Relevant Law

Electronic Privacy Communications Act (18 USC 2701 et. seq.)
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 US 1030)
FCC documents on early radio
EPIC Website on VeriChip
sychips.com
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering

Assignment: 1-Page Brief

Please write a 1-page brief using the IRAC method of either the Steve Jackson Games case or the Morris Internet Worm case.

For information about the IRAC method, please see the wikipedia entry and this explaination from Professor Bruce Zucker at California State University.

I have prepared a 1-page annotated brief about Gary Kremen"s sex.com appeal against NSI. You can find it here: [doc] [pdf].