Cellular convergence and the death of privacy / Stephen B. Wicker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wicker, Stephen B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cell phone systems--Law and legislation--United States.

Cell phone systems.

Data protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Data protection.

Electronic surveillance--Law and legislation--United States.

Electronic surveillance.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cellular technology has always been a surveillance technology, but ""cellular convergence"" - the growing trend for all forms of communication to consolidate onto the cellular handset - has dramatically increased the impact of that surveillance. In Cellular Convergence and the Death of Privacy, Stephen Wicker explores this unprecedented threat to privacy from three distinct but overlapping perspectives: the technical, the legal, and the social. Professor Wicker first describes cellular technology and cellular surveillance using language accessible to non-specialists. He then examines current l

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I | Cellular Convergence; 1. Cellular Convergence; The Evolution of a Cellular World; Politics and the Cellular Platform; Surveillance and Control; Part II | Cellular Surveillance; 2. Cellular Surveillance; The Origins of Wiretapping; Built-In Location Surveillance; Taking it to the Next Level; The Carrier IQ Debacle; 3. Cellular Surveillance and the Law; The Fourth Amendment; Search and Seizure of Electrical Communication; Protecting (or Not) the Context of Communication; The ECPA and Cellular Privacy

Calea and thE Patriot ActConcluding Thoughts; 4. Privacy and the Impact of Surveillance; Defining Privacy; When Privacy is Invaded; Bentham, Foucault, and the Panoptic Effect; When You Do Not Know You Are Being Watched; Location-Based Advertising-The Ultimate Invasion?; Location-Based Advertising and the Philosophy of Place; Concluding Thoughts; Part III | Cellular Control; 5. The Role of the FCC; The Early Years of Wireless and the Politics of Spectrum; The FCC Creates Roadblocks for Early Mobile Systems; The FCC and the Future of Cellular Convergence

6. The Architecture of Centralized ControlA Centralized Architecture; End-to-End Architectures; Architecture and Innovation; Architecture and Censorship; Concluding Thoughts; Part IV | Cellular Solutions: Options for Privacy Protection; 7. Working within the Current System-Cryptology and Private Communication; Cryptology: The Art of Secret Communication; Early Crypto; The Politics of Cryptography; Public Key Cryptography and Digital Signatures; A Private Overlay for Cellular Handsets; Privacy-Aware Location-Based Services; Concluding Thoughts

8. Throw the Old System Out-Bring in a Cellular CommonsUnlicensed Spectrum-A Radio Commons; Wi-Fi Telephony Shows the Way; End-to-End Cellular and Open Source Development; Privacy-Aware Mobility Management; Concluding Thoughts; 9. A Right to Surveillance-Free Cellular Access?; Cellular Access to the Internet; A Right to Access the Internet?; Rights, Freedom of Expression, and the Internet; Beyond Enablement; Consequences of Rights Status; A Right to be Free of Government Surveillance?; A Right to be Free of Corporate Surveillance?; A Closing Thought; Table of Cases; Index; Footnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 27, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-936673-X

0-19-996836-5

0-19-996835-7

OCLC:

856869070