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Privacy on the Line : The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption /

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Telecommunication has never been perfectly secure. The Cold War culture of recording devices in telephone receivers and bugged embassy offices has been succeeded by a post-9/11 world of NSA wiretaps and demands for data retention. Although the 1990s battle for individual and commercial freedom to us...

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Main Author: Diffie, Whitfield
Other Authors: Landau, Susan Eva
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : MIT Press, 2010.
Edition:Updated and expanded ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wiretapping.
Telecommunication > Political aspects.
Privacy, Right of.
Electronic intelligence.
Data encryption (Computer science) > Law and legislation.
Electronic surveillance > Political aspects.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Écoute electronique > États-Unis.
Telecommunications > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Surveillance electronique > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Renseignement electronique > États-Unis.
Wiretapping > United States.
Telecommunication > Political aspects > United States.
Privacy, Right of > United States.
Electronic surveillance > Political aspects > United States.
Electronic intelligence > United States.
Data encryption (Computer science) > Law and legislation > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Updated and Expanded Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; 1
  • Introduction; 2
  • Cryptography; 3
  • Cryptography and Public Policy; 4
  • National Security; 5
  • Law Enforcement; 6
  • Privacy: Protections and Threats; 7
  • Wiretapping; 8
  • Communications in the 1990s; 9
  • Cryptography in the 1990s; 10
  • And Then It All Changed; 11
  • Apres le Deluge; 12
  • Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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