Interception
State Surveillance from Postal Systems to Global Networks
Published on 27. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-262-55257-8 (ISBN)
Description
"A media history of how the UK and US governments have surveilled citizens by intercepting their private communications"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
10 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55257-8 (9780262552578)
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05/2025
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Person
Bernard Keenan is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. He works at the intersection of law, social theory, and new technologies.
Content
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION: TECHNICAL LITERACY
CHAPTER 2 – MESSENGERS
CHAPTER 3 - POST
CHAPTER 4 – CLOSURE
CHAPTER 5 – TELEGRAPHY
CHAPTER 6 – WIRELESS
CHAPTER 7 – FILTERING
CHAPTER 8 – TELEPHONE
CHAPTER 9 – PLATFORM
CHAPTER 10 – SNOWDEN
CHAPTER 11 – POST-SNOWDEN
CHAPTER 2 – MESSENGERS
CHAPTER 3 - POST
CHAPTER 4 – CLOSURE
CHAPTER 5 – TELEGRAPHY
CHAPTER 6 – WIRELESS
CHAPTER 7 – FILTERING
CHAPTER 8 – TELEPHONE
CHAPTER 9 – PLATFORM
CHAPTER 10 – SNOWDEN
CHAPTER 11 – POST-SNOWDEN