Surveillance or security? : the risks posed by new wiretapping technologies / Susan Landau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, Susan Eva, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication--Security measures--United States.

Telecommunication.

Wiretapping--United States.

Wiretapping.

Data encryption (Computer science)--Government policy--United States.

Data encryption (Computer science).

Electronic surveillance--Political aspects--United States.

Electronic surveillance.

Computer crimes--Risk assessment--United States.

Computer crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the author argues that in embarking on an unprecedented effort to build surveillance capabilities deeply into communications infrastructure, the U.S. government is opting for short-term security and creating dangerous long-term risks. Landau describes what makes communications security hard, warrantless wiretapping and the role of electronic surveillance in the war on terror, the economic threats posed by electronic spying, and the risks created by embedding wiretapping into communications networks. How can we get communications security right? Landau offers a set of principles to govern wiretap policy that will allow us to protect our national security as well as our freedom.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-344) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29491-5

1-299-28426-4

0-262-29558-X

OCLC:

830324113