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Surveillance Valley

By Yasha Levine

Surveillance Valley

By Yasha Levine

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"Starting in the early 1960s, there was fear in America about the proliferation of computer database and networking technologies. People worried that these systems were going to be used by both corporations and governments for surveillance and control. Indeed, the dominant cultural view at the time was that computers were tools of repression, not liberation -- and that included the ARPANET, the military research network that would grow into the Internet we use today. Surveillance Valley starts in the past, but moves into the present, looking at the private surveillance business that powers much of Silicon Valley and the overlap between the Internet and the military-industrial complex. It also investigates and uncovers the close ties that exist between U.S. intelligence agencies and the anti-government privacy movement that has sprung up in the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks. The Internet was developed as a weapon, and remains a weapon today. American military interests continue to dominate all parts of the network, even those that supposedly stand in opposition"--
Product details
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2018-02-06
Publication Date:
2018-02-01
Publisher:
Hachette Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1610398025
ISBN13:
9781610398022
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
601 g
Height:
159 cm
Width:
241 cm
Thickness:
38 cm
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