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The electronic privacy papers : documents on the battle for privacy in the age of surveillance / [edited by] Bruce Schneier, David Banisar. - xvii, 747 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Wiley Computer Publishing.".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 729-734) and index.

Privacy and the Information Snooperhighway -- Roadblocks on the Information Superhighway -- Wiretapping -- Overview of Wiretapping -- Lobbying for Surveillance: the Digital Telephony Proposal -- Digital Telephony: The Public Response -- Cryptography -- Cryptography: The Cure for the Common Bug -- The Battle for Control of Cryptography -- Early Skirmishes -- The Clipper Chip Proposal -- Clipping the Clipper: Public Response to Desktop Surveillance -- Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Export Controls on Cryptography -- Atom Bombs, Fighter Planes, Machines Guns, and Cryptography: Export Controls -- Big Brother As the Keeper of the Keys: Will the Government Take Over Crypto? -- Banning Cryptography -- Software Key Escrow -- Epilogue.

ISBN: 0471122971 9780471122975

LCCN: 96007903

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Privacy, Right of--United States
Computer security--United States
Data encryption (Computer science)--United States
Wiretapping--United States

LC Class. No.: JC596.2.U5 / E44 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 323.4480973