Privacy's defender : my thirty-year fight against digital surveillance / Cindy Cohn.
| Author/creator | Cohn, Cindy author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2026] |
| Description | xi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Freeing cryptography: Bernstein v. Department of Justice -- National Security Agency spying: Hepting and Jewel -- National Security Letters: the Alphabet cases. |
| Abstract | "Throughout her career, Cindy Cohn has been driven by a fundamental question: Can we still have private conversations if we live our lives online? Privacy’s Defender chronicles her thirty-year battle to protect our right to digital privacy and shows just how central this right is to all our other rights, including our ability to organize and make change in the world. Shattering the hypermasculine myth that our digital reality was solely the work of a handful of charismatic tech founders, the author weaves her own personal story with the history of Crypto Wars, FBI gag orders, and the post-9/11 surveillance state. She describes how she became a seasoned leader in the early digital rights movement, as well as how this work serendipitously helped her discover her birth parents and find her life partner. Along the way, she also details the development of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which she grew from a ragtag group of lawyers and hackers into one of the most powerful digital rights organizations in the world. Part memoir and part legal history for the general reader, the book is a compelling testament to just how hard-won the privacy rights we now enjoy as tech users are, but also how crucial these rights are in our efforts to combat authoritarianism, grow democracy, and strengthen other human rights."-- Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Cohn, Cindy. Privacy's defender. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2026 9780262051255 |
| Genre/form | Memoirs. |
| LCCN | 2025024947 |
| ISBN | 9780262051248 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0262051249 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | New Books | KF9670 .C64 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |