asdf Flashcards
(103 cards)
This is for a law which prohibits making, distributing, or using tools (devices, software, or services) to circumvent technological copyright protection systems.
DMCA
This kind of the right is classified as Liberty.
Negative Right
This is for the law that requires communications companies to design equipment so that it is capable of being tapped.
CALEA
This is for the federal commission that regulates trade.
FTC
This is for sending millions of emails fishing for information to use to impersonate someone and steal money or goods.
phishing
This device is to detect a potential in-air collision of two planes and directs the pilots to avoid each other.
TCAS
This is for the Act which establishes oversight rules for the NSA.
FISA
This is for the federal commission that regulates communications.
FCC
This is for an organization operates in difficult environments where failures can have extreme consequences.
HRO
This is for a law which made it illegal for commercial Web sites to make available to minors material “harmful to minors” as judged by community standards (ruled unconstitutional).
COPA
A Turing Test determines the strength of an encryption method.
True
Copyright law protects processes and inventions, while patent law protects the particular expression of an idea.
False
The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) gives individuals more protection from governmental intrusion.
False
In Katz v. United States (1967), the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the government needs a court order to intrude where a reasonable person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
True
U.S. v. Jones (2012) was the first major case of digital technology surveillance and involved police attaching a GPS tracking device to a person’s vehicle without a search warrant.
True
Broadcast media traditionally has had the strongest First Amendment protection (meaning the fewest regulatory restrictions) while print media has the weakest First Amendment protection.
False
Miller v. California (1973) ruled that community standards could not play a role in whether or not material was deemed obscene.
False
The government cannot monitor online activity of suspected hackers without a court order.
False
Sony v. Universal City Studios (1983) ruled that private, non-commercial copying for personal use was fair use.
True
Web sites that look attractive to hackers, but are closely monitored so that everything the hacker does at the site is recorded and studied are known as
honey pots
The legal guidelines for determining whether material is obscene include all of the following EXCEPT
the material is intended for or distributed to persons under the age of 18.
Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corp. in the late 1970’s, Thomas J. Watson, chairman of IBM in the early 1940’s, and Thomas Edison all made predictions about technology that were extremely wrong.Which of the following choices to explain why the predictions of experts are often so far off?
Lack of imagination about the uses people would find for technology
The practice of hiring companies or employees in other countries is known as
Offshoring
When was the first U.S. copyright law passed?
In 1790