Understanding surveillance technologies : spy devices, privacy, history & applications / J. K. Petersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petersen, Julie K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic surveillance.

Physical Description:

xii, 1007 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Auerbach Publications, [2007]

Summary:

The events of 9/11, wiretapping, and general NSA surveillance activities have increased public awareness of spy technologies. The second edition of Understanding Surveillance Technologies has been updated to reflect recent developments in aerial, radio, and telecommunications that affect government, local security, and corporations. It features new information on RFID chips, face recognition systems, Homeland Security initiatives and legislation, mass surveillance methods, voice over IP technology, higher resolution satellite images, radar imaging, and privacy issues. Additional material includes forensic methods of chemical detection of blood and fingerprints as well as DNA surveillance and portable DNA kits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0849383196

9780849383199

OCLC:

74353782

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