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.
Privacy on the line : the politics of wiretapping and encryption / Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c1999, c1998.
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N342.730858/5
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English
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xv, 346 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Cryptography -- 3. Cryptography and Public Policy -- 4. National Security -- 5. Law Enforcement -- 6. Privacy: Protections and Threats -- 7. Wiretapping -- 8. Communications: The Current Scene -- 9. Cryptography: The Current Scene -- 10. Conclusion.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c1999, c1998.
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England
Date Published
c1999, c1998.
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Diffie and Landau examine the national-security, law-enforcement, commercial, and civil-liberties issues. They discuss privacy's social function, how it underlies a democratic society, and what happens when it is lost. They also explore how intelligence and law-enforcement organizations work, how they intercept communications, and how they use what...
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Privacy on the line : the politics of wiretapping and encryption / Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1999, c1998.
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N342.730858/5
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0262541009(pbk.) :
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342.730858
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991001200929702626
