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Law & Policy Syllabus for Prof. Pfefferkorn's component of class.
Weekly Reading Assignments
Week 1 (Sept. 28): Section 1 (Preview: Introduction to the Law)
Week 2 (Oct. 5): Section 2.1 (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)
Week 3 (Oct. 12): Sections 2.2 & 2.3 (Van Buren's Ramifications for Security Research & Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
Week 4 (Oct. 19): Section 2.4.1 (Wiretap Act and Wi-Fi "Sniffing")
Week 5 (Oct. 26): Section 2.4.2 (Wiretap Act, SCA, and GET Requests)
Week 6 (Nov. 2): Section 3 (Part II: When Entities Get Hacked)
Week 7 (Nov. 9): Section 4.1 (Encryption & Technical Assistance)
Week 8 (Nov. 16): Section 4.2 (Government Hacking)
Week 9 (Nov. 30): Section 5 (Part IV: When Countries Hack Each Other)
Week 10 (Dec. 7): Review (and possible surprise special guest speaker!) - no new reading assigned
Note: These readings are subject to change during the quarter; if you get ahead in the reading, check back the week before lecture for any updates.
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