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• Winner of <PrizeName>Awarded the 1998 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research.</PrizeName> 1998
• Winner of <PrizeName>Winner, IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession, 1999 </PrizeName> 1998
• Winner of Awarded the 1998 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research. 1998
• Winner of Awarded the 1998 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research.</PrizeName> 1998
• Winner of Donald McGannon Award Competition for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research 1998.

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Given the importance of the issues, we are lucky that Whitfield Diffie and Susan Landau, two of the leading experts in the areas of cryptography and security, have written in clear prose Privacy on the Line. -- Alan Stone, IEEE Spectrum A compact and intelligible guide to both the technical and the political issues. -- Laurence A. Marschall, The Sciences Should be required reading for any computing student at any level. -- Harold Thimbleby, New Scientist This authoritative treatise helps unveil some of the mystery and puts contemporary freedom, privacy, and security issues in perspective. -- Publishers Weekly [A] wise, meticulously researched guide... -- London Review of Books The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security... A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue... A timely and important book. -- Ben Rothke, Security Management A superb and timely introduction to a subject of enormous importance for scholars and citizens alike. -- A. P. Simonds, Choice Diffie and Landau deserve a large audience. Their lucid exposition adds valuable context to debates that for too long have been abstract. -- Aziz Huq, The American Prospect A well-researched and fascinating study. -- Lawrence Rothstein, Law and Politics Review An incredibly comprehensive insight into the world of encryption and wiretaps, its political machinations, legal aspects, technologies, vulnerabilities, costs, limitations, and near-ubiquity. -- G. Ernest Govea, Security Management This revised edition of Diffie and Landau's classic work brings their treatment fully up to date. Essential for anyone interested in the technology, history, and politics of communications privacy. --Ronald L. Rivest, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT

The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security.... A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue.... A timely and important book. -Ben Rothke, Security Management A compact and intelligible guide to both the technical and the political issues. -Laurence A. Marschall , The Sciences * Reviews * A superb and timely introduction to a subject of enormous importance for scholars and citizens alike. -Choice * Reviews * A well-researched and fascinating study. -Lawrence Rothstein, Law and Politics Review * Reviews * A wise, meticulously researched guide.... -London Review of Books * Reviews * An incredibly comprehensive insight into the world of encryption and wiretaps, its political machinations, legal aspects, technologies, vulnerabilities, costs, limitations, and near-ubiquity. -G. Ernest Govea, Security Management * Reviews * Diffie and Landau deserve a large audience. Their lucid exposition adds valuable context to debates that for too long have been abstract. -Aziz Huq, The American Prospect * Reviews * Should be required reading for any computing student at any level. -Harold Thimbleby, New Scientist * Reviews * The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security.... A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue.... A timely and important book. -Ben Rothke, Security Management * Reviews * A compact and intelligible guide to both the technical and the political issues. -Laurence A. Marschall , The Sciences * Reviews * A superb and timely introduction to a subject of enormous importance for scholars and citizens alike. -Choice * Reviews * [A] wise, meticulously researched guide... -London Review of Books * Reviews * Should be required reading for any computing student at any level. -Harold Thimbleby , New Scientist * Reviews * The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security.... A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue.... A timely and important book. -Ben Rothke, Security Management * Reviews *

A compact and intelligible guide to both the technical and the political issues. -Laurence A. Marschall , The Sciences A superb and timely introduction to a subject of enormous importance for scholars and citizens alike. -Choice A well-researched and fascinating study. -Lawrence Rothstein, Law and Politics Review A wise, meticulously researched guide.... -London Review of Books An incredibly comprehensive insight into the world of encryption and wiretaps, its political machinations, legal aspects, technologies, vulnerabilities, costs, limitations, and near-ubiquity. -G. Ernest Govea, Security Management Diffie and Landau deserve a large audience. Their lucid exposition adds valuable context to debates that for too long have been abstract. -Aziz Huq, The American Prospect Should be required reading for any computing student at any level. -Harold Thimbleby, New Scientist The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security.... A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue.... A timely and important book. -Ben Rothke, Security Management A compact and intelligible guide to both the technical and the political issues. -Laurence A. Marschall , The Sciences A superb and timely introduction to a subject of enormous importance for scholars and citizens alike. -Choice [A] wise, meticulously researched guide... -London Review of Books Should be required reading for any computing student at any level. -Harold Thimbleby , New Scientist The book details numerous privacy issues, from personal privacy to national security.... A welcome surprise is that the book often reads like a Tom Clancy novel, interwoven as it is with episodes of domestic and international intrigue.... A timely and important book. -Ben Rothke, Security Management

Author Information

Whitfield Diffie, the inventor of public-key cryptography, is Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway College at the University of London. Susan Landau is Bridge Professor in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, at Tufts University. She has been a Senior Staff Privacy Analyst at Google, a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, and a faculty member at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Wesleyan University. Landau has been a Guggenheim fellow and a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and is a member of the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.

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