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Privacy Advocates : Resisting the Spread of Surveillance by Colin J. Bennett (2008, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262026384

ISBN-139780262026383

eBay Product ID (ePID)66031659

Product Key Features

Number of Pages296 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePrivacy Advocates : Resisting the Spread of Surveillance

SubjectPrivacy, Civil Rights, Security / Networking, Social Activists

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Computers, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorColin J. Bennett

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight19.8 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-013819

Reviews"Academics could benefit from the book's engagement with theory and practice_And activists could benefit from its ability to connect together causes, ideas, and efforts under the banner of privacy." -- John Cheney-Lippold , The Information Society, "Academics could benefit from the book's engagement with theory andpractice...And activists could benefit from its ability to connect together causes, ideas, andefforts under the banner of privacy." -- John Cheney-Lippold , TheInformation Society, "Academics could benefit from the book's engagement with theory and practiceâ€¦And activists could benefit from its ability to connect together causes, ideas, and efforts under the banner of privacy." -- John Cheney-Lippold , The Information Society, "Academics could benefit from the book's engagement with theory andpracticeâ€¦And activists could benefit from its ability to connect together causes, ideas, andefforts under the banner of privacy." -- John Cheney-Lippold , TheInformation Society, "Academics could benefit from the book's engagement with theory and practice…And activists could benefit from its ability to connect together causes, ideas, and efforts under the banner of privacy." -- John Cheney-Lippold , The Information Society, "A thoroughly researched, well structured, and highly readable account of the persons and groups behind the 'privacy movements,' their motivations, strategies, and the conflicts they encounter, this book completes the highly acclaimed, groundbreaking work on the political analysis of regulating privacy." -Herbert Burkert, President, Research Centre for Information Law, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Academics could benefit from the book's engagement with theory and practice...And activists could benefit from its ability to connect together causes, ideas, and efforts under the banner of privacy.

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal323.44/82

SynopsisAn analysis of the people and groups who have emerged to challenge the increasingly intrusive ways personal information is captured, processed, and disseminated. Today, personal information is captured, processed, and disseminated in a bewildering variety of ways, and through increasingly sophisticated, miniaturized, and distributed technologies: identity cards, biometrics, video surveillance, the use of cookies and spyware by Web sites, data mining and profiling, and many others. In The Privacy Advocates , Colin Bennett analyzes the people and groups around the world who have risen to challenge the most intrusive surveillance practices by both government and corporations. Bennett describes a network of self-identified privacy advocates who have emerged from civil society--without official sanction and with few resources, but surprisingly influential. A number of high-profile conflicts in recent years have brought this international advocacy movement more sharply into focus. Bennett is the first to examine privacy and surveillance not from a legal, political, or technical perspective but from the viewpoint of these independent activists who have found creative ways to affect policy and practice. Drawing on extensive interviews with key informants in the movement, he examines how they frame the issue and how they organize, who they are and what strategies they use. He also presents a series of case studies that illustrate how effective their efforts have been, including conflicts over key-escrow encryption (which allows the government to read encrypted messages), online advertising through third-party cookies that track users across different Web sites, and online authentication mechanisms such as the short-lived Microsoft Passport. Finally, Bennett considers how the loose coalitions of the privacy network could develop into a more cohesive international social movement., An analysis of the people and groups who have emerged to challenge the increasingly intrusive ways personal information is captured, processed, and disseminated.

LC Classification NumberJC596.B46 2008