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Cellular Convergence and the Death of Privacy

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ISBN-10: 0199915350

ISBN-13: 9780199915354

Edition: 2013

Authors: Stephen B. Wicker

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Cellular technology has always been a surveillance technology, but "cellular convergence" - the growing trend for all forms of communication to consolidate onto the cellular handset - has dramatically increased the impact of that surveillance. In Cellular Convergence and the Death of Privacy, Stephen Wicker explores this unprecedented threat to privacy from three distinct but overlapping perspectives: the technical, the legal, and the social. Professor Wicker first describes cellular technology and cellular surveillance using language accessible to non-specialists. He then examines current legislation and Supreme Court jurisprudence that form the framework for discussions about rights in…    
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Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/19/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 194
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.45" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Wicker, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA.

Preface
Cellular Convergence
Cellular Convergence
The Evolution of a Cellular World
Politics and the Cellular Platform
Surveillance and Control
Cellular Surveillance
Cellular Surveillance
The Origins of Wiretapping
Built-In Location Surveillance
Taking it to the Next Level
The Carrier IQ Debacle
Cellular Surveillance and the Law
The Fourth Amendment
Search and Seizure of Electrical Communication
Protecting (or Not) the Context of Communication
The ECPA and Cellular Privacy
Calea and the Patriot Act
Concluding Thoughts
Privacy and the Impact of Surveillance
Defining Privacy
When Privacy is Invaded
Bentham, Foucault, and the Panoptic Effect
When You Do Not Know You Are Being Watched
Location-Based Advertising-The Ultimate Invasion?
Location-Based Advertising and the Philosophy of Place
Concluding Thoughts
Cellular Control
The Role of the FCC
The Early Years of Wireless and the Politics of Spectrum
The FCC Creates Roadblocks for Early Mobile Systems
The FCC and the Future of Cellular Convergence
The Architecture of Centralized Control
A Centralized Architecture
End-to-End Architectures
Architecture and Innovation
Architecture and Censorship
Concluding Thoughts
Cellular Solutions: Options for Privacy Protection
Working within the Current System-Cryptology and Private Communication
Cryptology: The Art of Secret Communication
Early Crypto
The Politics of Cryptography
Public Key Cryptography and Digital Signatures
A Private Overlay for Cellular Handsets
Privacy-Aware Location-Based Services
Concluding Thoughts
Throw the Old System Out-Bring in a Cellular Commons
Unlicensed Spectrum-A Radio Commons
Wi-Fi Telephony Shows the Way
End-to-End Cellular and Open Source Development
Privacy-Aware Mobility Management
Concluding Thoughts
A Right to Surveillance-Free Cellular Access?
Cellular Access to the Internet
A Right to Access the Internet?
Rights, Freedom of Expression, and the Internet
Beyond Enablement
Consequences of Rights Status
A Right to be Free of Government Surveillance?
A Right to be Free of Corporate Surveillance?
A Closing Thought
Table of Cases
Index