Wiretapping and electronic surveillance in America, 1862-1920

"Americans have come to realize that many of us may be under surveillance at any time. It all started 150 years ago on the battlefields of the Civil War, where each side tapped the other's telegraph lines. In 1895 the NYPD began to tap telephone lines. In 1910 the dictograph arrived, making electronic surveillance easier still"--

Year

2014

Language

English

Publisher

McFarland

Editions

1

Pages

223

ISBN

9780786496242

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