LFI Course Materials 4/Week five

Week 5: Privacy and online learning/work environments

• Real time lecture: August 20th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/9129428892

Readings

What you should know about online tools during the COVID-19 crisis (by Lindsay Oliver) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/what-you-should-know-about-online-tools-during-covid-19-crisis Advocacy group calls on Zoom to release transparency report: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/3/19/21186152/zoom-transparency-report-access-now-advocacy-group New York attorney general looks into Zoom's privacy practices: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/technology/new-york-attorney-general-zoom-privacy.html Zoom meetings aren't end-to-end encrypted: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/ Harden your Zoom settings to protect privacy and avoid trolls: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/harden-your-zoom-settings-protect-your-privacy-and-avoid-trolls

https://slate.com/technology/2020/05/workplace-surveillance-apps-coronavirus.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/26/workplace-apps-tracking-coronavirus-could-test-privacy-boundaries-340525

Guest lecturer

Kelly McElroy, LFI cohort 1