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Mass Surveillance in Cyberspace and the Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

Theo Tryfonas, Michael Carter, Tom Crick Orcid Logo, Panagiotis Andriotis

Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust, Volume: 9750, Pages: 174 - 185

Swansea University Author: Tom Crick Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-3-319-39381-0_16

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Global security concerns, acts of terrorism and organised crime activity have motivated nation states to delve into implementing measures of mass surveillance in cyberspace, the breadth of which was partly revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden. But are modern nation states fighting a battle i...

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Published in: Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust
ISBN: 978-3-319-39380-3 978-3-319-39381-0
ISSN: 0302-9743 1611-3349
Published: Toronto, ON, Canada Springer 2016
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