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Eyes in the sky : the secret rise of Gorgon Stare and how it will watch us all / Arthur Holland Michel.

Van Pelt Library JK468.I6 M5155 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Michel, Arthur Holland, author.
Contributor:
Class of 1924 Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aerial surveillance.
United States.
Intelligence service--United States.
Intelligence service.
Aerial surveillance--United States.
Electronic surveillance--United States.
Electronic surveillance.
Civil rights--United States.
Civil rights.
Privacy, Right of--United States.
Privacy, Right of.
Local Subjects:
United States.
Physical Description:
xvii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.
Summary:
The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizens.
Contents:
The origin of the all-seeing eye
A new threat
Enemy of the state
The Gorgon's Stare
Our overwatched future
A murder in Baltimore
Pixels into ploughshares
What's next for wide-area surveillance
It takes a million eyes
Ghost in the stare
New dimensions
Watching in every sense
The long road
Hell of a fight
A murder in Baltimore, redux
Where power meets fury
Rules for the eye and the AI.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Michel, Arthur Holland, author. Eyes in the sky
ISBN:
9780544972001
0544972007
OCLC:
1045476507

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