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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:52:40 -0700 (PDT) From: risks@csl.sri.com Subject: RISKS DIGEST 19.41
RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Friday 17 October 1997 Volume 19 : Issue 41
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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 20:18:04 -0500
From: Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier and David Banisar The Electronic Privacy Papers: Documents on the Battle for Privacy in the Age of Surveillance John Wiley & Sons, 1997 ISBN: 0-471-12297-1; 747 pages Retail: $60 hardcover
Info is at http://www.counterpane.com.
Trying to keep up with the advancements in cryptography and digital telephony, the government has advocated controversial new tools that will allow them to monitor electronic communications. On the other side of the spectrum, privacy advocates are vehemently opposed to any government monitoring whatsoever.
The Electronic Privacy Papers is a collection of previously unreleased documents dealing with privacy in the Information Age. Combining public government pronouncement, public reactions, and previously classified documents released under FOIA, this book paints a clear picture of government policies towards encryption and privacy and how they will impact individuals and companies involved with the Internet.
Issues covered include:- The economic and political rationale for demanding digital wiretapping and surveillance.- The legal foundations, and limitations to, government surveillance.- Government strategies for soliciting cooperation from telephone companies and equipment manufacturers.- Which policies industries and individuals can expect the government to pursue in the future.
The Electronic Privacy Papers retails for $60 in hardcover. I am offering it at the usual 15% discount. Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Systems, 101 E Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55419
Table of Contents
PART 1: PRIVACY AND THE INFORMATION SNOOPERHIGHWAY Introduction: Roadblocks on the Information Superhighway
PART 2: WIRETAPPING Overview of Wiretapping
PART 3: LOBBYING FOR SURVEILLANCE: THE DIGITAL TELEPHONY PROPOSAL Government Pronouncements: The Digital Telephony Proposal Behind the Iron Curtain: Operation Root Canal Digital Telephony: The Public Response
PART 4: CRYPTOGRAPHY Cryptography - The Cure for the Common Bug
PART 5: THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF CRYPTOGRAPHY The Field of Battle: An Overview Early Skirmishes The Clipper Chip Proposal Unclassified: The Story Behind Clipper Clipping the Clipper: Public Response to Desktop Surveillance
PART 6: PUTTING THE GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE: EXPORT CONTROLS ON CRYPTOGRAPHY Atom Bombs, Fighter Planes, Machines Guns and Cryptography: Export Control Untying the Gordian Knot: Efforts to Relax Export Controls
PART 7: BIG BROTHER AS THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS: WILL THE GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER CRYPTO? Banning Cryptography Software Key Escrow
EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF CRYPTOGRAPHY Bibliography of Books on Wiretapping, Cryptography and Privacy Index.
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