CSCI 435: Anti-Forensics and Digital Privacy

Spring 2023

This course complements CSCI 434 – Digital Forensics by focusing on techniques to reduce the amount of information collected and stored by computer systems, with an emphasis on protecting the system and user from fraud and identity theft resulting from a compromised or stolen system. Concepts related to privacy in the digital world are discussed. Vulnerabilities in digital devices are explored in the context of a dystopian society in which citizens are under perpetual surveillance.

Course Information

• Syllabus

Assignments

Friendly Reminder: While you can pass this class without doing any of the assignments, you cannot pass based on the assignments alone. Don’t forget to keep up with the weekly quizzes in Moodle!

Each of the assignment choices below is listed with its corresponding application area. Since this course is used in multiple majors, many of which are outside Computing Sciences, there are some options for each assignment category that are less technical than others. That said, you are welcome to choose whichever assignments are most interesting to you, regardless of your major. Read the assignment descriptions for more information.

Extension Assignment Choices

You only need to choose ONE of the following options to complete the Extension Assignment:

Challenge Assignment Choices

Note that you must complete the Extension Assignment with a grade of 85 or better to be able to submit a Challenge Assignment. If completing the Challenge Assignment, you only need to choose ONE of the following options:

You only need to choose ONE of the following options to complete the Challenge Assignment: