1. According to the Design Council Web site, "an e-home will be characterized by the seamless interconnection of virtually anything powered by electricity and a host of new services/applications delivered by the Internet."
Name three such services that are being built into some new homes today.
2. The Online Personal Privacy Act of 2002 distinguishes two kinds of personally identifiable information (PII): sensitive PII and non-sensitive PII.
How are these two types of PII treated differently under the law?
Give seven examples of sensitive PII.
3. Browse one (or more) of the archives of Urban Legends, and pick out the funniest or most improbable urban legend you can find.
Do you think this rumor caused anyone any damage, or was it completely harmless? Why?
Are most of the urban legends you saw harmless bits of folklore? Why?
Did you see any that looked like they might have been dangerous? Why?