Description |
xii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 131). |
Summary |
"The Machine Never Blinks tells the story of surveillance and spying in history and legend from its earliest days to the present moment (from the fable of the Trojan Horse to the Patriot Act) to reveal how we have built a society in which your rights, privacy, dignity, and sanity are under constant threat. A comprehensive, eye-opening manifesto, this book will make you take a look around and wonder: Who's watching you right now?"--Publisher's Web site. |
Contents |
The Trojan horse -- The bible's spies -- Peeping Tom -- The panopticon -- Slavery and surveillance -- The industrial age -- The first red scare -- Hoover's dream -- The second red scare -- Power and the pen -- The abc's of surveillance (CIA and NSA) -- Spying on social protest -- The "War on Terror" -- Monitoring the 99% -- The attack on encryption -- The live feed -- The harvesting of social media -- Epilogue: the flying future -- Some last thoughts. |
Subject |
Intelligence service -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Electronic surveillance -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Privacy, Right of -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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Nonfiction comics.
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Added Author |
Patterson, Everett, illustrator.
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Canlas, Joseph, illustrator.
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Nader, Ralph, writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
1683962826 |
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9781683962823 |
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