Wiretapping and electronic surveillance in America, 1862-1920
By: Kerry Segrave
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780786496242
Subjects: History; Right of Privacy; Electronic surveillance; Wiretapping
Description: "Americans have come to realize that many of us may be under surveillance at any time. It all started 150 years ago on the battlefields of the Civil War, where each side tapped the other's telegraph lines. In 1895 the NYPD began to tap telephone lines. In 1910 the dictograph arrived, making electronic surveillance easier still"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Civil War; title: Stealing electricity; title: Worries about privacy; title: Wiretapping the bookies; title: Wiretapping the markets : stocks, commodities and bucket shops; title: Wiretapping other businesses; title: Wiretapping labor; title: Wiretapping : other crimes and personal use; title: Wiretapping : politics, laws, and police; title: Dictograph : the first bug.