Week of December 7th CWI

Right to Privacy

4 Types of Privacy Harms
- Intrusions
  - they come into your space and tell you what to do
  - unwanted emails
  - unwanted phone calls
- Information Collecting
  - watch what you are doing more than you should
  - employers or government ask for private information
  - wiretapping your phone or email
  - visual watching
- Information Processing
  - learn what you do anonymously
  - can be helpful, but can go too far and use for other reasons
- Information Dissemination
  - disclose data
  - government or company discloses date
  - use name or picture without permission
  - untrue or private facts
  - doctors or lawyers
Right to Publicity
- Right of an individual to control the commercial use of his or her name, image, likeness, or other unequivocal aspects of one's identity
- Unauthorized use of one's name or likeness is recognized as an invasion of privacy
Online Privacy
- When online, you provide information about yourself
- Shopping, chatting, and traveling in the digital age means that habits and relationships are recorded
- Web services not only monitor activity, but also collect information
- Once online, nothing can be deleted completely
Facebook
- Privacy policy is confusing on purpose
- Setting up your privacy settings takes many steps and leads to confusion
- User's data and private information gets sold to advertising companies
- When downloading the app, you give Facebook permission over your personal data like your contacts or your location
Instagram
- User's pictures can be sold to advertisers without their permission
- In a case in 2012, a woman's photograph was used by the company Belvedere Vodka without permission
  - The woman won the the lawsuit, but due to Instagram's new and upcoming policies, companies can use the pictures without the owner's agreement
Identity Theft
- The illegal use of someone else's personal information, especially in order to obtain money or credit
- Someone wrongfully uses another persons data
- There is no anonymity- you can still get "got"
- Your medical history can get changed so that thieves have access to the information they need
- Tax refund is under attack
- Especially foster kids are in danger, many people can easily access their personal data
Access to personal information
- Open credit card accounts in someone else's name
- Hack into a bank, credit union or credit card company database
- Steal bank or credit card statements from mail
- Steal PIN at an ATM, gas station, grocery store
- Clone credit card information where you swipe your credit and debit cards or hand them to servers who process them behind closed doors
Identity Theft Case
- Amar and Neha Singh
- Used credit card information by stealing it when people used fake- online shops
- More than 111 people were involved
The Sony Pictures Entertainment Hack
- In 2014, North Korea was accused of the Sony Hack
- It is said that the reason for the attack was a comedy movie that made fun of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un called "The Interview"
- Hacked Sony pictures and stole personal data of employees and their families, unreleased movies, software information, and information about previous purchases

School Shootings

Recent Shootings
- Newton, Connecticut
  - Sandy Hook Elementary
  - Adam Lanza shot his mother before going to the school
  - 20 students and 6 adults died in the attack 2013
- Roseburg Oregon
  - October 1, 2015
    - 9 people killed from 18-67
    - Enrolled at the class where the massacre happened
    - Shooter committed suicide
- Texas University
  - October 9, 2015
    - One person died while another was injured
    - College dorm
- 1927, Bath Township in Michigan
  - 38 children were killed
  - Andrew Kehoe
  - Injured at least 50 other people
  - Committed suicide
- How to prevent
  - Armed teachers
  - Guards at door
  - Quick response teams
  - Drills
  - Stricter Gun Laws
  - Background Checks
  - Mental conditions
- Attacks 2nd Amendment (Right to Bear Arms)
  - Most support better background checks but don't believe our gun rights should be reduced
- Profiles
  - White males
  - 16-22
  - Many have mental illnesses
  - Virginia Tech
    - April 16, 2007
    - 32 people shot
    - Mental disease
    - Seung-Hui Chou
  - Sandy Hook
    - 28 killed
    - December 14
  - Columbine

Drones

Drones
- Controlled unmanned aircraft
- Controlled by a computer or electronic device
Pros
- UAV
- Infrared and long distance
- Fly unmanned
- Less casualties
- Weapons attacked
- Laser targeting/ guided missile
- Controlled from far distances
Cons
- They can be hacked
- Used against other countries
- Other countries have drones
- Military can attack targets more frequently
Pros for Public Usage
- Sports
- Recording
- Fun
- Small
- Delivering
- Affordable
Cons for Public Usage
- Criminal use
  - Bombs
  - Terrorists
  - Small
  - Spy Cameras
  - Quiet

Neo Nazism

Borrows elements from Nazi doctrine, including ultra-nationalism, racism, ableism, xenophobia, homophobia, anti-semitism, and initiating the Fourth Reich. Holocaust denial is a common feature, as is incorporation of Nazi symbols and admiration of Adolf Hitler
- Terms
  - Ultra-nationalism- extreme nationalism that promotes the interest of one state or people about all others
  - Ableism- Discrimination in favor of able-bodied people
  - Xenophobia- intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries
  - Homophobia- Dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people
  - Anti-Semitism- Hostility to or prejudice against Jews
  - Fourth Reich- A theoretical future German empire that is the successor to Nazi Germany
  - Holocaust- The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period of 1941-45
  - Adolf Hitler- An Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933-1945, and Fuhrer of NAzi German from 1934-1945 (Third Reich)
  - Neo Nazi- A member of an organization similar to the German Nazi Party
- History
  - Neo-New
  - After WWII
  - Started in Germany
  - Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, and the US
  - America's the worst now- freedom of speech
- Neo Nazi's Today
  - Nazi iconography remains to this day heavily restricted in Germany
  - Those who still believe Nazi beliefs have to remain quiet and aloof
  - As German law forbids the production of Nazi devotion, items come into the country illegally from the US and northern European countries
  - American neo-Nazi called NSDAP/AO runs an illegal yet surprisingly extensive smuggling ring, for supplying Nazi materials to neo-Nazis in Europe and other locations where such material is banned by law
- Illegal Materials
  - Magazines
  - CDS
  - Posters
  - Portraits
  - Clothing
  - Patches and Stickers
  - Leaflets and pamphlets
  - Misc. equipment which is not generally listed in catalogs produced by the organization
  - Current Neo-Nazi websites depend on hosts in the US and Canada and use other terms for Nazi ideas and symbols
- National Socialist Movement (NSM)
  - Founded in 1974 by Robert Brannen and Cliff Herrington (former members of the American Nazi Party)
  - 400 members in 32 sttes
  - Sparked 2005 Toledo Riot
- Toledo Riot
  - October 15, 2005
  - Occurred when NSM planned march to protest African-American gang activity in the North End of Toledo in Ohio
  - Sparked four-hour riot by elements within assembled protesters
  - Caused citywide curfew to be implemented for the remainder of the weekend
    - 2nd highest hate group in America after Ku Klux
    - Hate crime- one race against another
- Stop
  - Banning symbols
  - Banning hate speech
  - Ban practice
  - Denazification
  - Not much can happen in America due to freedom of speech
- Denazification
  - Used in Germany immediately after WWII
  - Prevention of creation of new Nazi movements
  - Neo-Nazi appeared in 1960
  - Former Nazis retained ideology and racist beliefs are passed down through generations

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