Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance

Personal data is the post-9/11 commodity

Topic of book discussed in mainstream media: "60 Minutes," July 2012: FBI Director Robert Mueller quoted in a story: "I do believe that the cyberthreat will equal or surpass the threat from counterterrorism in the foreseeable future." NY Times, July 2012: Report on F.D.A.'s tracking the emails of whistle-blowing government scientists, which they sent privately to members of Congress, lawyers, labor officials, journalists and President Obama. NY Times, July 2012: Reports: "Like never before, the government is tapping into the ballooning information that companies collect on their customers, from airline tickets to e-mails. Your cellphone, meanwhile, records every move you make, and it gets cheaper every month to store a warehouse full of data about Americans.These three forces – the desire to stay safe from terrorism, the drive for marketing data and the explosion of computer and communications technology – threaten to alter permanently the balance between security and liberty. And many of the relevant decisions are being made in secret, behind a veil of government classification or company confidentiality."

"Spying on Democracy" is different from previous books on the subject because it is written from the perspective of someone who has worked directly with activists.

© 2013 City Lights Publishers (E-bog): 9780872866034

Release date

E-bog: 22. juli 2013