This book tells the story of government-sponsored wiretapping in Britain and the United States from the rise of telephony in the 1870s until the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
It pays particular attention to the 1990s, which marked one of the most dramatic turns in the history of telecommunications interception. During that time, fiber optic and satellite networks rapidly replaced the copper-based analogue telephone system that had remained virtually unchanged since the 1870s. That remarkable technological advance facilitated the rise of the networked home computer, cellular telephony,...
This book tells the story of government-sponsored wiretapping in Britain and the United States from the rise of telephony in the 1870s until the te...
This unique new volume analyses source documents both previously known and recently declassified, generating an extremely broad and original synthesis about Enigma.
The author uses his experience as a cryptologist to fill in gaps in the sources or to correct misguided interpretations, also adding the passion of a journalist, drawing a vivid picture of the characters and the story. As a Pole, he presents this story through the lens of the fate of the Polish mathematicians who were the first to break the cipher as early as 1932 and laid the foundations for the subsequent Allied...
This unique new volume analyses source documents both previously known and recently declassified, generating an extremely broad and original synthe...
