Instructor: Raffi Krikorian
Course Description:   Popular culture and current events have focused the public's attention on surveillance. In the movie adaptation of "Minority Report", the protagonist attempts to hide himself around Washington, DC while technology tracks his every move. That future, maybe, is not that far off-the city of London itself has half a million cameras installed for use by the security services. How can one remain in control of one's identity in that future? This class creates a framework to help students not only analyse existing technology, but also to them think more deeply about their own projects. We review current technologies such as Internet protocols, cellular networks, and RFID; we also get hands-on experience in both using these technologies and hacking them. Weekly classes and assignments are balanced between background survey reading, technical reading, and hands on experience all culminating in a final project.