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| Become a goon. The final project for this course is to write an illustrated, 1,800-to-2,000-word report on a real-world hack that for a relevant establishmentarian organization. Pick a hack that particularly fascinates you. | Become a goon. The final project for this course is to write an illustrated, 1,800-to-2,000-word report on a real-world hack for a relevant establishmentarian organization. Pick a hack that particularly fascinates you. |
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| If the hack in question is of questionable legality, write as an FBI agent, perhaps. If the hack is just a brilliant piece of technology, write as a stiff for a big computer company trying to figure out how to capitalize on it. In any case, with clear language and documented research, explain the nature of the hack, its significance, and a recommendation for what your organization should do about it. | If the hack in question is of questionable legality, write as an FBI agent, perhaps. If the hack is just a brilliant piece of technology, write as a stiff for a big computer company trying to figure out how to capitalize on it. In any case, with clear language and documented research, explain the nature of the hack, its significance, and a recommendation for what your organization should do about it. |
| * Jessica M. Goldstein, "[Meet The Woman Who Did Everything In Her Power To Hide Her Pregnancy From Big Data](https://archive.thinkprogress.org/meet-the-woman-who-did-everything-in-her-power-to-hide-her-pregnancy-from-big-data-80070cf6edd2/)," _ThinkProgress_ (April 29, 2014) | * Jessica M. Goldstein, "[Meet The Woman Who Did Everything In Her Power To Hide Her Pregnancy From Big Data](https://archive.thinkprogress.org/meet-the-woman-who-did-everything-in-her-power-to-hide-her-pregnancy-from-big-data-80070cf6edd2/)," _ThinkProgress_ (April 29, 2014) |
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| **Exploit: Audit your communication practices and identify improvements.** Review some of your regular practices, digital and otherwise, and locate potential security vulnerabilities. Do some [research](https://www.isaca.org/Journal/archives/2010/Volume-1/Pages/Performing-a-Security-Risk-Assessment1.aspx) about the [nature](http://webkay.robinlinus.com/) of potential [threats](https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/) and how they might be mitigated. What do online services you use [make you agree to](https://privacyspy.org/)? Check out software listed at [AlternativeTo](https://alternativeto.net/platform/all/?license=opensource), [PRISM Break](http://prism-break.org/), [PrivacyTools](https://www.privacytools.io/), or [Surveillance Self-Defense](https://ssd.eff.org/) if the dangers are digital. Go further with Janet Vertesi's [Opt Out Project](https://www.optoutproject.net/). Try out a few patches, and determine whether they're worth the trouble. | **Exploit: Audit your communication practices and identify improvements.** Review some of your regular practices, digital and otherwise, and locate potential security vulnerabilities. Do some [research](https://www.consumerreports.org/issue/data-privacy) on [potential threats](https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/) and how they might be mitigated. What do online services you use [make you agree to](https://privacyspy.org/)? Check out software listed at [AlternativeTo](https://alternativeto.net/platform/all/?license=opensource), [PRISM Break](http://prism-break.org/), [PrivacyTools](https://www.privacytools.io/), or [Surveillance Self-Defense](https://ssd.eff.org/) if the dangers are digital. Go further with Janet Vertesi's [Opt Out Project](https://www.optoutproject.net/). Try out a few patches, and determine whether they're worth the trouble. |
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| ### 11. Disintermediation | ### 11. Disintermediation |
| ### 13. Singularity | ### 13. Singularity |
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| * Alessandro Delfanti and Johan Söderberg, "[Repurposing the hacker: Three cycles of recuperation in the evolution of hacking and capitalism](http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/repurposing-hacker-three-cycles-recuperation-evolution-hacking-and-capitalism)," _Ephemera_ 18, no. 3 (2018) | * Alessandro Delfanti and Johan Söderberg, "[Repurposing the hacker: Three cycles of recuperation in the evolution of hacking and capitalism](https://ephemerajournal.org/contribution/repurposing-hacker-three-cycles-recuperation-evolution-hacking-and-capitalism)," _Ephemera_ 18, no. 3 (2018) |
| * Virginia Heffernan, "[Now That Tech Runs the World, Let's Retire the Hacker Ideal](https://www.wired.com/story/now-that-tech-runs-the-world-lets-retire-the-hacker-ideal/)," _Wired_ (January 31, 2018) | * Virginia Heffernan, "[Now That Tech Runs the World, Let's Retire the Hacker Ideal](https://www.wired.com/story/now-that-tech-runs-the-world-lets-retire-the-hacker-ideal/)," _Wired_ (January 31, 2018) |
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