Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society
In this paper, we study the evolution of telecommunications technology and its impact on law enforcement surveillance. Privacy and the need for law enforcement to conduct investigations have not been at the center of the recent public policy debate. Yet, policy environments have approved law enfo...
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| author | Chan, Serena Camp, L. Jean |
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| description | In this paper, we study the evolution of telecommunications technology and its impact on law
enforcement surveillance. Privacy and the need for law enforcement to conduct investigations
have not been at the center of the recent public policy debate. Yet, policy environments have
approved law enforcement surveillance that can be and is intrusive. Law enforcement
surveillance therefore deserves particular attention when discussing the basic human right to
privacy. We illustrate that despite the gradual acceptance of the basic human right to privacy, in
the digital age the United States (US) government continues its historical pattern of using
technology to enhance its power of search . The most recent example is the installation of the
Digital Collection System 1000 (DCS1000), formerly known as Carnivore, a classified packet
sniffer, on American networks by the American federal law enforcement agency. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/15112019-04-12T13:40:29Z Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society Chan, Serena Camp, L. Jean surveillance law enforcement technology coherent regulation telecommunications network society In this paper, we study the evolution of telecommunications technology and its impact on law enforcement surveillance. Privacy and the need for law enforcement to conduct investigations have not been at the center of the recent public policy debate. Yet, policy environments have approved law enforcement surveillance that can be and is intrusive. Law enforcement surveillance therefore deserves particular attention when discussing the basic human right to privacy. We illustrate that despite the gradual acceptance of the basic human right to privacy, in the digital age the United States (US) government continues its historical pattern of using technology to enhance its power of search . The most recent example is the installation of the Digital Collection System 1000 (DCS1000), formerly known as Carnivore, a classified packet sniffer, on American networks by the American federal law enforcement agency. NSF grant 9985433; HP equipment grant 2002-07-22T17:17:06Z 2002-07-22T17:17:06Z 2002-07-22T17:17:07Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1511 en_US 40533 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | surveillance law enforcement technology coherent regulation telecommunications network society Chan, Serena Camp, L. Jean Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society |
| title | Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society |
| title_full | Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society |
| title_fullStr | Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society |
| title_short | Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society |
| title_sort | towards coherent regulation of law enforcement surveillance in the network society |
| topic | surveillance law enforcement technology coherent regulation telecommunications network society |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1511 |
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