Technology of oppression : preserving freedom and dignity in an age of mass, warrantless ... surveillance

In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, the Obama administration has been hard pressed to yield to greater transparency and openness to constructive change. This book provides a catalyst toward greater transparency, increased public awareness of the urgent need for constructive change, and the insight into what such change would require. In the wake of the National Security Agency expose of 2013, scholars and citizens alike have been turning a critical eye toward United States surveillance policies. Technology of Oppression contributes to this ongoing discussion with a systematic analysis of mass surveillance in America and allied countries, detailing how lax intelligence laws have allowed these technologies to undermine common civil liberties. Toward the practical end of reigning in existing surveillance technologies, Cohen offers a concise proposal listing the policy changes and software developments necessary to establish an internet-based, global forum for transparently affecting legal and technological change "In the wake of the National Security Agency expose of 2013, scholars and citizens alike have been turning a critical eye toward United States surveillance policies. Technology of Oppression contributes to this ongoing discussion with a systematic analysis of mass surveillance in America and allied countries, detailing how lax intelligence laws have allowed these technologies to undermine common civil liberties. Toward the practical end of reigning in existing surveillance technologies, Cohen offers a concise proposal listing the policy changes and software developments necessary to establish an internet-based, global forum for transparently affecting legal and technological change"--Page four of cover In the wake of the National Security Agency exposé of 2013, scholars and citizens alike have been turning a critical eye toward the United States' surveillance policies. Technology of Oppression contributes to this ongoing discussion with a systematic analysis of mass surveillance in America and allied countries, detailing how lax intelligence laws have allowed these technologies to undermine common civil liberties. Toward the practical end of reigning in exsisting surveillance technologies, Cohen offers a concise proposal listing the policy changes and software developments necessary to establish an internet-based, global forum for transparency affecting legal and technological change.--Back cover Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction: Why Privacy Matters....Pages 1-9 A History of the Mass Warrantless Surveillance Network....Pages 10-31 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Law....Pages 32-46 Network Searches and Applications....Pages 47-68 Transparency of Policies and Practices....Pages 69-84 Democracy in Cyberspace....Pages 85-98 Next Generation Technologies....Pages 99-111 The Technological Imperative....Pages 112-119 Network Surveillance Regulations....Pages 120-127 Back Matter....Pages 128-146 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Ttile 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Preface 7 Introduction: WhyPrivacy Matters 10 1A History of theMass WarrantlessSurveillance Network 19 2Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Law 41 3Network Searchesand Applications 56 4Transparency of Policiesand Practices 78 5Democracy in Cyberspace 94 6Next Generation Technologies 108 7The Technological Imperative 121 8Network SurveillanceRegulations 129 Bibliography 137 Index 152