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100			_aJarvis, Craig
245			_aCrypto wars : the fight for privacy in the digital age : a political history of digital encryption
260			_bCRC Press, _c2020 _aBoca Raton :
300			_axvii, 422 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm
365			_b26.99 _cGBP _d104.60
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe crypto wars have raged for half a century. In the 1970s, digital privacy activists prophesied the emergence of an Orwellian State, made possible by computer-mediated mass surveillance. The antidote: digital encryption. The U.S. government warned encryption would not only prevent surveillance of law-abiding citizens, but of criminals, terrorists, and foreign spies, ushering in a rival dystopian future. Both parties fought to defend the citizenry from what they believed the most perilous threats. The government tried to control encryption to preserve its surveillance capabilities; privacy activists armed citizens with cryptographic tools and challenged encryption regulations in the courts. No clear victor has emerged from the crypto wars. Governments have failed to forge a framework to govern the, at times conflicting, civil liberties of privacy and security in the digital age—an age when such liberties have an outsized influence on the citizen–State power balance. Solving this problem is more urgent than ever. Digital privacy will be one of the most important factors in how we architect twenty-first century societies—its management is paramount to our stewardship of democracy for future generations. We must elevate the quality of debate on cryptography, on how we govern security and privacy in our technology-infused world. Failure to end the crypto wars will result in societies sleepwalking into a future where the citizen–State power balance is determined by a twentieth-century status quo unfit for this century, endangering both our privacy and security. This book provides a history of the crypto wars, with the hope its chronicling sets a foundation for peace.
650			_aPrivacy, Right of
650			_aData encryption
650			_aComputer science
650			_aPolitical aspects
650			_aLaw and legislation
650			_aAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
650			_aBusiness Software Alliance
650			_a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
650			_a Clinton administration
650			_aUnited States
650			_a Cypherpunks
650			_a Data Encryption Standard (DES)
650			_aDigital Signature Standard (DSS)
650			_aElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
650			_aFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
650			_aIBM
650			_a Invention Secrets Act
650			_aKey escrow/recovery
650			_a National Security Agency (NSA)
650			_a Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
650			_aPublic Key Cryptography
650			_aRSA Data Security Incorporated (RSADSI)
650			_a Operation BULLRUN
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