Privacy on the line : the politics of wiretapping and encryption / Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau.
Privacy on the line : the politics of wiretapping and encryption / Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
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N342.7308/ 4
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 472 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Cryptography -- Cryptography and public policy -- National security -- Law enforcement -- Privacy : protections and threats -- Wiretapping -- Communications in the 1990s -- Cryptography in the 1990s -- And then it all changed -- Après le déluge.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
Edition
Updated and expanded ed.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2007.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Constitutional law
- Defence strategy & policies
- Telecommunications & postal services
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Summary
"In Privacy on the Line, Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau strip away the hype surrounding the policy debate over privacy to examine the national-security, law-enforcement, commercial, and civil-liberties issues. They discuss the social function of privacy, how it underlies a democratic society, and what happens when it is lost. This updated and ex...
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Privacy on the line : the politics of wiretapping and encryption / Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau.
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Politics of wiretapping and encryption.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-443) and index.
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N342.7308/ 4
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9780262042406 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262042401 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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342.730858
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991023265489702626