Interception : state surveillance from postal systems to global networks / Bernard Keenan.

Author/creator Keenan, Bernard author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2025.
Descriptionpages cm.
Subjects
Domestic intelligence--Great Britain.
Domestic intelligence--United States.
Electronic surveillance--Great Britain.
Electronic surveillance--United States.
Privacy, Right of--Great Britain.
Privacy, Right of--United States.
Confidential communications--Government policy. --Great Britain.
Confidential communications--Government policy. --United States.

SeriesHistory and foundations of information science
Contents Introduction -- Interception and sovereignty -- Interception and publicity -- Electrical interception -- Phones, spooks, and the legislative turn -- Computational power and the radio epoch -- Environmental interception -- Interception and integration.
Abstract "A media history of how the UK and US governments have surveilled citizens by intercepting their private communications"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Keenan, Bernard. Interception Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2025 9780262383448
LCCN 2024035306
ISBN9780262552578
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