T215B: Communication and information technologies (II)
Question 1 :
Read the article described as “Reading 3” entitled “UK Confidential, Introduction” available in Block 4 Document Book accompanied with the course material, and modified and attached to this TMA. Answer the following questions:
1) discuss the main idea of the article.
2) Define “Today’s Privacy” as seen by the article’s authors.
3) discuss the idea that “Technology is not the problem confronting our civil liberties, nor will it define the future of privacy”.
4) explain the following idea quoted from the article: “Personal information is attached to a market decision in most cases and is increasingly hidden from view”.
5) Explain how at both the domestic and the international level, there are strong justifications for a degree of surveillance.
Question 2 :
Imagine that you work for a security consultancy company. Your company has signed a contract to implement an encryption system for one of its clients. The system relies on the idea of Quantum Cryptography, and you have been asked to write a general description about this system.
Your brief should include the following items:
• What is Quantum Cryptography?
• Some technical details about Quantum Cryptography.
• Quantum Cryptography advantages and shortages, if any.
• The maximum permitted number of diagrams and/or tables is two.(4 Marks)
Question 3:
1) Discuss and elaborate your own and individual contribution in solving “Question 1” of this TMA.
2) Discuss and elaborate your own and individual contribution in solving “Question 2” of this TMA.
Question 4:
Write a summary discussing the latest developments of the two fingerprint sensors: Optical sensors and Solid-state sensors. This summary aims to explain the important idea of the two sensors to intermediate level reader.
