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The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizens Eyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards. Whereas a regular aerial camera can only capture a small patch of ground at...

Looks at questions related to online privacy, providing writings from opposing viewpoints intended to encourage critical thinking on commercial data mining, national security, electronic health records, and the need for stronger protection.

From cyberspace to crawl spaces, new innovations in information gathering have left the private life of the average person open to scrutiny, and worse, exploitation. In this thoroughly revised update of his immensely popular guide, J.J. Luna shows you how to protect yourself from these information predators by securing your vehicle and real estate ownership, your bank accounts, your business dealings, your computer files, your home address, and more....

Provides a collection of articles that offer varied perspectives on topics related to domestic surveillance.

Publisher description for Invasion of privacy : a reference handbook / Kevin M. Keenan. Invasion of Privacy: A Reference Handbook, chronicles the most pressing privacy issues and dilemmas from around the world from the 17th century to today. Shocking accounts of government and corporate abuse liven discussions of controversial topics ranging from high-tech surveillance and the collection of personal data to bodily and sexual privacy. The Internet,...

"From cyberspace to crawl spaces, new innovations in information gathering have left the private life of the average person open to scrutiny, and worse, exploitation. Using real life stories and his own consulting experience, J.J. Luna shows you legal methods for protecting yourself from information predators and how to secure your bank accounts, business dealings, computer files, and even your home address. In this third updated edition, there are...

Be online without leaving a trace. Your every step online is being tracked and stored, and your identity literally stolen. Big companies and big governments want to know and exploit what you do, and privacy is a luxury few can afford or understand. In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick uses true-life stories to show exactly what is happening without your knowledge, teaching you "the art of invisibility"--online and real-world tactics...

Defining and valuing the right to privacy -- Unfortunately, everyone cannot be trusted to behave well if let alone -- Too much official invasion of privacy harms the public interest -- Civilized life requires the exchange of information to unfair advantage -- A free society depends on the right to learn and share information without undue secrecy -- There are things nobody else has a right to learn from a person who wishes to keep them private.