Introduction to Government Surveillance
1968: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
1978: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
1986: Electronic Communications Privacy Act (more on pen register portion)
1994: Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
2001: PATRIOT Act
Initial Report of Warrantless NSA Surveillance
2007:
Protect America Act
White House justification
ACLU against
EFF against
Current Status
Example of Using Digital Signatures and Encryption
Example of an Invisible Watermark
International Cryptography Laws
Cryptography in Regular Use
Secure http
Virtual Private
Networks
Wireless Security Using WEP,
WPA, or
WPA2.