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mass surveillance and privacy in New Zealand
Kathleen M. Kuehn.
159 pages.
Contents: A brief history of surveillance in New Zealand -- Post-9/11 and the shift towards 'big data' -- The political economy of surveillance and security -- Surveillance post-Snowden.
Summary: Revelations about the nature and extent of global surveillance programs have shocked many. But what are their implications in the long term - and for New Zealand? Mapping New Zealand's role in international intelligence-gathering from the Second World War to the present day, Kathleen Kuehn asks probing questions about the behaviour of both the state and corporations in our current 'surveillance society'. Ultimately these questions force us to confront the way we value our individual privacy and civil liberties, for - as we often hear - why should any of this matter if we have nothing to hide?
BWB texts.