Full Description
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 the context of cellular surveillance. Lastly, he addresses the social impact of surveillance on individual users. The story he tells is one of a technology that is changing the face of politics and economics, but in ways that remain highly uncertain.
Contents
PREFACE ; PART I CELLULAR CONVERGENCE ; CHAPTER ONE: CELLULAR CONVERGENCE ; The Evolution of a Cellular World ; Politics and the Cellular Platform ; Surveillance and Control ; PART II CELLULAR SURVEILLANCE ; CHAPTER TWO: CELLULAR SURVEILLANCE ; The Origins of Wiretapping ; Built-In Location Surveillance ; Taking It to the Next Level ; The Carrier IQ Debacle ; CHAPTER THREE: 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 USA PATRIOT ACT ; Concluding Thoughts ; CHAPTER FOUR: PRIVACY AND THE IMPACT OF SURVEILLANCE ; Defining Privacy ; When Privacy is Invaded ; Bentham, Foucault, and the Panoptic Effect ; When You Don't Know You Are Being Watched ; Location-Based Advertising - The Ultimate Invasion? ; Location-Based Advertising and the Philosophy of Place ; Concluding Thoughts ; PART III CELLULAR CONTROL ; CHAPTER FIVE: 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 ; CHAPTER SIX: THE ARCHITECTURE OF CENTRALIZED CONTROL ; A Centralized Architecture ; End-to-End Architectures ; Architecture and Innovation ; Architecture and Censorship ; Concluding Thoughts ; PART IV CELLULAR SOLUTIONS: OPTIONS FOR PRIVACY PROTECTION ; CHAPTER SEVEN: 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 ; CHAPTER EIGHT: THROW THE OLD SYSTEM OUT - BRING IN A CELLULAR COMMONS ; Unlicensed Spectrum - A Radio Commons ; WiFi Telephony Shows the Way ; End-to-End Cellular and Open Source Development ; Privacy-Aware Mobility Management ; Concluding Thoughts ; CHAPTER NINE: 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
