Crypto Wars : The Fight for Privacy in the Age: A Political History of Encr...

by Jarvis, Craig

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Crypto Wars : The Fight for Privacy in the Age: A Political History of Encryption, Paperback by Jarvis, Craig, ISBN 0367642484, ISBN-13 9780367642488, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The crypto wars have raged for half a century. In the 1970s, privacy activists prophesied the emergence of an Orwellian State, made possible by computer-mediated mass surveillance. The antidote: encryption. The . government warned encryption would not only prevent surveillance of law-abiding citizens, but of criminals, terrorists, and foreign spies, ushering in a rival dystopian future. Both parties fought to defend the citizenry from what they believed the most perilous threats. The government tried to control encryption to preserve its surveillance capabilities; privacy activists armed citizens with cryptographic tools and challenged encryption regulations in the courts. No clear victor has emerged from the crypto wars. Governments have failed to forge a framework to govern the, at times conflicting, civil liberties of privacy and security in the age—an age when such liberties have an outsized influence on the citizen–State power balance. Solving this problem is more urgent than ever. privacy will be one of the most important factors in how we architect twenty-first century societies—its management is paramount to our stewardship of democracy for future generations. We must elevate the quality of debate on cryptography, on how we govern security and privacy in our technology-infused worl

• ISBN: 9780367642488
• Condition: Fine

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