Total Surveillance

Investigating the Big Brother World of E-SPies, Eavesdroppers and CCTV.

Ever had the feeling you are being watched? Or that someone is listening in to your telephone calls? Reading your faxes? Rummaging around in your computer files while you're online? Or invading your privacy in some other way? Well, you're quite right. They are.

Welcome to cyberspace. We are told it represents all our tomorrows: the Internet, the World Wide Web, digital communications, computer networks, integrated systems, e-mail, mobile phones and a flickering PC screen in every workplace and millions of homes. So, if this is progress, why should we worry?

In 'Total Surveillance' investigative author John Parker shines a light into some of the darker corners of cyberspace to uncover a veritable morass of sinister, sly and downright illegal activities that can be summed up in four words: personal privacy is dead.

Combining original research and open source information with personal testimonies from many named sources from around the globe, Parker answers the key questions: Who is being targeted? Who are the new spies? How wide-spread is surveillance of the unsuspecting general public? And what information do "they" hold on you? He also reveals the systems they use: from CCTV, through workplace surveillance and on into the murky world of international intelligence networks such as the world's largest spy station - Menwith Hill in Yorkshire - creator of the UK/US Echelon system that is used to intercept telephone calls, faxes and e-mails anywhere in the world.

Parker's findings in 'Total Surveillance' are as intriguing as they are disturbing, providing a gripping insight into the erosion of our private lives.