Screen LibrarySurveillance after Snowden /
"In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and its partners had been engaging in warrantless mass surveillance, using the internet and cellphone data, and driven by fear of terrorism under the sign of 'security.' In this compelling account, surveillance expert David Lyon guides th...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and its partners had been engaging in warrantless mass surveillance, using the internet and cellphone data, and driven by fear of terrorism under the sign of 'security.' In this compelling account, surveillance expert David Lyon guides the reader through Snowden's ongoing disclosures: the technological shifts involved, the steady rise of invisible monitoring of innocent citizens, the collusion of government agencies and for-profit companies and the implications for how we conceive of privacy in a democratic society infused by the lure of big dat |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 183 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references pages (168-177) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745690841 074569084X 9780745690858 0745690858 |
| Index Number: | JC596 |
| CLC: | D082 |
| Call Number: | D082/L991 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Citizenfour alert! -- Snowden storm -- World watching -- Menacing metadata -- Precarious privacy -- Framing futures. |