Select 5 of the following questions to answer. Using a short answer format (minimum 50 words for each response), answer your 5 selected questions (10 points each).

Compare and contrast the difference between open source and closed proprietary encryption system. Explain its differences, strengths, and weaknesses.

What was the general idea behind the U.S. government classifying cryptographic technologies as munitions?

Explain the reasoning behind the U.S. government removing export restrictions on cryptographic technologies.

Explain the controversy behind the Clipper Chip. What were the main arguments for and against this program?

Although cryptographic export restrictions have been removed, explain how its introduction has impacted the use of cryptographic technologies even until today.

Explain why the ECPA cannot prohibit electronic monitoring in the workplace.

Explain the significance of the Ninth Circuit Court decision in U.S. v. Comprehensive Drug Testing and the reasonable expectation of privacy in electronic communications.

Explain the arguments for ECPA reform in light of current technologies used for communications.

Describe the ECPA provisions that protect a person's wire and electronic communications from being intercepted by another private individual.

Briefly describe how CalECPA provides broader protection than ECPA.