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Privacy on the Line: Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption
 
 
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by Whitfield Diffie (Author), Susan Landau (Author) "In the early nineteenth century it took six weeks for the British government to send a message from London to its representative in Delhi ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: MIT Press; Second Printing edition (19 Feb 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0262041677
  • ISBN-13: 978-0262041676
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 17.1 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,604,543 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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.,."[A] wise, meticulously researched and, given the bureaucratic language of policy making, surprisingly readable guide." -- "London Review of Books"

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Telecommunication has never been perfectly secure, as a Cold War culture of wiretaps and international spying taught us. Yet many still take their privacy for granted, even as we become more reliant on telephones, computer networks and electronic transactions of all kinds. Many of our relationships now use telecommunication as the primary mode of communication that the security of these transactions has become a source of wide public concern and debate. The authors argue that if we are to retain the privacy that characterized face-to-face relationships in the past, we must build the means of protecting that privacy into our communications systems. However, the development of such protection is not easy. The US government uses strong export control to limit the availability of cryptography within the United States and bills introduced in 1997 place legal restrictions on the essential elements of any secure communications system. These policies attempt to limit encryption to forms that provide a "backdoor" for government wiretapping. This book aims to strip away the hype surrounding the policy debate to examine the national security, law enforcement, commercial and civil liberties issues. It discusses the social function of privacy, how it underlies a democratic society and what happens when it is lost. The book also explores the workings of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, how they intercept communications and how they use what they intercept.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The most important book written on the future of our privacy, 12 Jan 1998
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This is the most clearly written book on the sources of the problems facing our right to privacy that I have seen yet. Well documented, well written and shows just what the Federal Government is doing to eliminate our ability to have private communication. I suggest that this book should be considered urgent reading. It could be the one that wakes everybody up.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice book finnaly answering most of my questiouns., 20 Sep 1998
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A good book answering my questions about encription and if it's safe to send your credit card over the internet, but now all of them.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reading; critical towards US govt perspectives, 30 Aug 1998
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This is an excellent viewpoint into personal privacy isssues in contemporary society. I recommend it to people interested in understanding the current issues associated with govt legislation of cryptography and personal privacy. The book is written from a viewpoint critical of the US govt position and it serves as an excellent balance to law enforcement writings on government requirements for key escrow systems.
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