Dimensions
157 x 235 x 26mm
Investigating the Big Brother World of E-Spies, Eavesdroppers and CCTV.
Big Brother is no longer fiction. CCTVs, electronic databases, even e-mail interceptors are being used to monitor virtually every aspect of our daily lives. We are being watched, filmed, listened to, recorded, tracked, entered on databases and put on lists.
If you thought that because you are a law-abiding citizen you are safe from surveillance, you are sadly mistaken. We have become targets for government and private agents, eavesdroppers, big business, computer hackers, fraudsters and organised crime equipped with a daunting array of electronic gear.
This brilliantly researched book reveals:
- The alarming effect computer technology has had on our privacy
- The secret worldwide listening operation run by the UK and US involving MI5, GCHQ and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
- What today's spies do - and who they investigate
- Details of the world's largest spy station - Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire - and the extraordinary capabilities of the Echelon system
- Why the Data Protection Act is too little, too late
