Redesigning Wiretapping The Digitization of Communications Interception

This book tells the story of government-sponsored wiretapping in Britain and the United States from the rise of telephony in the 1870s until the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It pays particular attention to the 1990s, which marked one of the most dramatic turns in the history of telecommunications inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fitsanakis, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:History of Information Security
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Context
  • The Government and Telecommunications: A Complex History
  • The Interception of Communications in Historical Context
  • The Techniques of Communications Interception
  • The Views of the Negotiators
  • The Trajectories of Communications Interception
  • Epilogue: Surveillance in the Information Society