Crypto Wars: The Fight for Privacy in the Digital Age: A Political History of Digital Encryption

by Craig Jarvis

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036764245X
• ISBN13: 9780367642457
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"