Crypto Wars

The Fight for Privacy in the Digital Age: A Political History of Digital Encryption
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-64248-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

The 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.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarvis, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Allgemeines Informationsrecht, Datenschutzrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit Datensicherheit, Datenschutz
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein EDV & Informatik: Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit Kryptographie, Datenverschlüsselung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Digital Privacy

Prologue: A New Cryptological Era

Chapter I: The Crypto Wars

Chapter II: A History of Communications Revolutions

Chapter III: The Cypherpunks

Chapter IV: Crypto War I: The Data Encryption Standard (DES)

Chapter V: Crypto War I: The Battle for Academic Freedom

Chapter VI: Crypto War II: Digital Signature Standard & Key Escrow

Chapter VII: Crypto War II: Export Battles

Chapter VIII: Crypto Wars III: The Snowden Era Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Craig Jarvis is an independent researcher specialising in the nexus of international security and technology. Craig is the author of Crypto Wars, a political history of encryption, has written extensively on cyber intelligence, and is soon to publish a book on cyberterrorism. Craig guest lectures at Royal Holloway, University of London, and University of Oxford. Craig sits on the Offensive Cyber Working Group's College of Experts, and holds a PhD in cyber security and history.