Control, privacy and safety in society Books

Techno-Geopolitics explores contemporary U.S.-China relations and the future of global cyber-security through the prisms of geopolitics and financial-technological competition. It puts forward a new conceptual framework for an emerging field of digital...

Over the past ten to fifteen years the police in many Western European countries have undergone a series of profound organisational changes. The police now appear to operate at a greater distance from citizens, they are more impersonal and ...

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched? The thieves that steal identities are using cutting-edge, high-tech tools that can take one fact from a social media site, another from an online travel survey, a third from a purchase made via the...

A Short Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence explains the newest form of intelligence used by governments, commercial organizations, and individuals. Geospatial intelligence combines late 20th century historically derived ways of thinking and early...

This book examines the ever-increasing impact of technology on our lives and explores a range of legal and constitutional questions that this raises. It considers the extent to which concepts such as 'cyberspace' and 'digital rights' advance or undermine...

Surveillance State: Privacy in the Age of Big Brother is a comprehensive exploration of the history, impact, and ethical implications of surveillance, covering government and corporate surveillance, legal frameworks, surveillance technologies, and the...

In Mass Surveillance: Government Spying in the Modern World, Julian Carter explores the various forms, purpose, legality, and ethical implications of mass surveillance, as well as the technologies, government programs, and case studies involved. The book...

This book discusses the various type of surveillance done by states on their citizens who live in fear of their privacy in daily life.

In the context of a global biometric turn, this book investigates processes of legal identification in Africa 'from below,' asking what this means for the relationship between citizens and the state.Almost half of the population of the African continent...

The notion of surveillance has become increasingly more crucial in public conversation as new tools of observation are obtained by many different players. The traditional notion of "overseeing" is being increasingly replaced by multi-level surveillance...

Lyric Eye: The Poetics of Twentieth-Century Surveillance presents the first detailed study of the relationship between poetry and surveillance. It critically examines the close connection between American lyric poetry and a burgeoning US state...

Surveillance is the monitoring of people-what they do, how they do it, where they do it, and with whom they do it. Although some opponents warn that it has sinister implications, there are many advantages. The benefits that immediately present are the...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a game-changing technology. Not just disruptive, but a complete shift in the way humans live. Even in its infancy, it is already being abused.In Monsters, Machines, and the Media: Everything Media Producers and...

Hideout in the Apocalypse is about surveillance and the crushing of Australia's larrikin spirit. The government knew when it introduced the panopticon, universal surveillance, that it would have a devastating impact on the culture.If people know they...

This book rethinks the idea of privacy. It argues that a satisfactory account of privacy should not limit itself to identifying why privacy might be valuable. It also needs to attend to the further question of how it can be secured in those circumstances...

The digital age has redefined the concept of identity, with social media platforms like Twitter playing a central role in how we project ourselves to the world. This description explores the delicate balance of maintaining one's online identity while...

Private face recognition technologies are increasingly entering the private and public sphere, with no adequate checks and balances. This comprehensive and important new reference work explores crucial regulatory challenges, stemming from the use of...