Identity crisis : how identification is overused and misunderstood /
The advance of identification technology--biometrics, identity cards, surveillance, databases, dossiers--threatens privacy, civil liberties, and related human interests. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, demands for identification in the name of security have increased. In this insi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Cato Institute,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The advance of identification technology--biometrics, identity cards, surveillance, databases, dossiers--threatens privacy, civil liberties, and related human interests. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, demands for identification in the name of security have increased. In this insightful book, Jim Harper takes readers inside identification--a process everyone uses every day but few people have ever thought about. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 276 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781933995366 193399536X 1601290314 9781601290311 1930865856 9781930865853 1281905380 9781281905383 9786611905385 6611905383 |