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Sorell, Tom (2018) Bulk collection, intrusion and domination. In: Cohen, Andrew I., (ed.) Philosophy and Public Policy. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield International. ISBN 9781786605252
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Abstract
The [...] discussion is divided into five sections. In the first, technologies for targeted surveillance will be reviewed, along with the risks of unjustified intrusion they carry. I shall address the question why intrusion is normally morally wrong. This will involve me in discussing the value of privacy and the different zones protected by established informal conventions about privacy. Privacy in the relevant sense is associated with access to information rather than control of information. On the basis of the distinction between access and control, I give reasons in the second section for thinking that bulk collection is not as intrusive as better established technologies used for targeted surveillance. Section 3 distinguishes the NSA and bulk collection from the Stasi and its methods of intelligence collection, and rejects the claim that the two are relevantly similar. In section 4, I introduce a concept from republican theory – that of domination — to articulate a sound line of objection against bulk collection: namely that it contributes to “domination” on a modest scale, that is, a potential for infringing some citizens’ negative liberty, if it is not, as it is not, effectively regulated and overseen. I end by suggesting that the main problem with bulk collection is that too much information surrounding it is classified, wrongly impeding the scrutiny of even security - cleared, democratically elected legislators.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Electronic surveillance, Eavesdropping | ||||
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield International | ||||
Place of Publication: | Lanham | ||||
ISBN: | 9781786605252 | ||||
Book Title: | Philosophy and Public Policy | ||||
Editor: | Cohen, Andrew I. | ||||
Official Date: | 2018 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Not for circulation or quotation without author’s permission | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 January 2019 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 January 2019 | ||||
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