Homework – Week 4

Important Note: This, like all homework, is an individual assignment. See warning about copying from other students in last week’s homework.

But what about copying directly from the Web, the text etc.?This is NOT plagiarism, AS LONG AS you attribute the quote (ie give the source). In the Homework and In-class Discussion Forums, a simple URL is enough. More formal attribution is required in the Case Studies, and is explained there. Note, however, that you are unlikely to get full marks for a post that is a simple copy/paste, since it is unlikely that it will fully answer the question. You will need to do some thinking and add words of your own.

In class we discussed many threats to our privacy, and steps we can take to protect it. Pick one threat (no extra marks for more!) and explain it briefly but clearly. Now, give one concrete step we can take to protect ourselves against this threat.

You will earn 1 mark for an OK post, 2 for a Good post and 3 for an excellent one (out of 2 marks).

Deadline: deadline is posted in the Forum header.

Note: if you post early, your prof may respond with a comment that indicates something missing. If you reply to his comment with a better post, you will earn more marks.

P.S. Don’t forget that (as long as you were in class this week) you can still add to our in-class discussion threads until the deadline posted in the Forum header.