Government Surveillance Technology and the Value of Trust : The Relation of Trust between Government and Society, and its Effect on Cooperation and Morality

This thesis is about government surveillance technology in relation to the value of trust in society. The 2006 EU Data Retention Directive is used as an example of surveillance technology that invades privacy for the sake of security. I will show that trust enables cooperation and morality in societ...

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Main Author: Out, Michèle
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation 2011
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73074