01:198:170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Waze, Ebay, Identity Theft

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: 01:198:170
• Professor: Stephen Stoll

Document Summary

Crowdsourcing/funding = many people contributing small amounts. When somebody creates something, they own that idea/output/info: there are diff. types of ownership, two types of intellectual property that we"re interested in are: software products & copyrights of material on web. Software license agreement: you get base product for free & often pay for plug-ins/servicing. Companies can also make 8768 off of ads. Modern devices & privacy: in the past, a breach of security was often local. Now with the internet, a breach of security = global. Info that you produce you"re the owner (no one has access to it unless you give them the rights: however, if you use a service like ebay, there are 3 types of owners (you, ebay, paypal) Controlling use of information: in us, company can generally use your information in any way it chooses (#4, in europe, there"s tighter security/privacy (#1-2) Privacy: sharing information you wish to share: however, we place convenience over privacy.