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"A compact and intelligible guide to both the technical and the political issues."
— Laurence A. Marschall, The Sciences
"A superb and timely introduction to a subject of enormous importance for scholars and citizens alike."
— A. P. Simonds, Choice
"Given the importance of the issues, we are lucky that Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau, two of the leading experts in the areas of cryptography and security, have written in clear prose Privacy on the Line."
— Alan Stone, IEEE Spectrum
"Should be required reading for any computing student at any level."
— Harold Thimbleby, New Scientist
"The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security. . . . A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue. . . A timely and important book."
— Ben Rothke, Security Management
"This authoritiative treatise helps unveil some of the mystery and puts contemporary freedom, privacy, and security issues in perspective."
— Publishers Weekly
"This revised edition of Diffie and Landau's classic work brings their treatment fully up to date. Essential for anyone interested in the technology, history, and politics of communications privacy."
—Ronald L. Rivest, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
"[A] wise, meticulously researched guide..."
— London Review of Books
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Awarded the 1998 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research. and Received the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession.
Telecommunication has never been perfectly secure. The Cold War culture of recording devices in telephone receivers and bugged embassy offices has been succeeded by a post-9/11 world of NSA wiretaps and demands for data retention. Although the 1990s battle for individual and commercial freedom to use cryptography was won, growth in the use of cryptography has been slow. Meanwhile, regulations requiring that the computer and communication industries build spying into their systems for government convenience have increased rapidly. The application of the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act has expanded beyond the intent of Congress to apply to voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and other modern data services; attempts are being made to require ISPs to retain their data for years in case the government wants it; and data mining techniques developed for commercial marketing applications are being applied to widespread surveillance of the population.
In Privacy on the Line, Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau strip away the hype surrounding the policy debate over privacy to examine the national security, law enforcement, commercial, and civil liberties issues. They discuss the social function of privacy, how it underlies a democratic society, and what happens when it is lost. This updated and expanded edition revises their original—and prescient—discussions of both policy and technology in light of recent controversies over NSA spying and other government threats to communications privacy.
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"A compact and intelligible guide to both the technical and the political issues."
— Laurence A. Marschall, The Sciences
"A superb and timely introduction to a subject of enormous importance for scholars and citizens alike."
— A. P. Simonds, Choice
"Given the importance of the issues, we are lucky that Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau, two of the leading experts in the areas of cryptography and security, have written in clear prose Privacy on the Line."
— Alan Stone, IEEE Spectrum
"Should be required reading for any computing student at any level."
— Harold Thimbleby, New Scientist
"The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security. . . . A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue. . . A timely and important book."
— Ben Rothke, Security Management
"This authoritiative treatise helps unveil some of the mystery and puts contemporary freedom, privacy, and security issues in perspective."
— Publishers Weekly
"This revised edition of Diffie and Landau's classic work brings their treatment fully up to date. Essential for anyone interested in the technology, history, and politics of communications privacy."
—Ronald L. Rivest, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
"[A] wise, meticulously researched guide..."
— London Review of Books
Product Description
Awarded the 1998 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research. and Received the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession.
Telecommunication has never been perfectly secure. The Cold War culture of recording devices in telephone receivers and bugged embassy offices has been succeeded by a post-9/11 world of NSA wiretaps and demands for data retention. Although the 1990s battle for individual and commercial freedom to use cryptography was won, growth in the use of cryptography has been slow. Meanwhile, regulations requiring that the computer and communication industries build spying into their systems for government convenience have increased rapidly. The application of the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act has expanded beyond the intent of Congress to apply to voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and other modern data services; attempts are being made to require ISPs to retain their data for years in case the government wants it; and data mining techniques developed for commercial marketing applications are being applied to widespread surveillance of the population.
In Privacy on the Line, Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau strip away the hype surrounding the policy debate over privacy to examine the national security, law enforcement, commercial, and civil liberties issues. They discuss the social function of privacy, how it underlies a democratic society, and what happens when it is lost. This updated and expanded edition revises their original—and prescient—discussions of both policy and technology in light of recent controversies over NSA spying and other government threats to communications privacy.
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