Surveillance, Privacy and Security

Name: Surveillance, Privacy and Security
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Surveillance, Privacy and SecurityCitizens Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Michael Friedewald, J. Peter Burgess, Johann ?as, Rocco Bellanova, Walter Peissl\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138649248, 978-1138649248\nSynopsis\nThis volume examines the relationship between privacy, surveillance and security, and the alleged privacysecurity trade-off, focusing on the citizens perspective.\n\nRecent revelations of mass surveillance programmes clearly demonstrate the ever-increasing capabilities of surveillance technologies. The lack of serious reactions to these activities shows that the political will to implement them appears to be an unbroken trend. The resulting move into a surveillance society is, however, contested for many reasons. Are the resulting infringements of privacy and other human rights compatible with democratic societies? Is security necessarily depending on surveillance? Are there alternative ways to fra.