Industrija masovnog nadzora - alati za presretanje i nadzor elektroničkih komunikacija i njihova zlouporaba

master's thesis

• Title (english): Mass surveillance industry - tools for interception and surveillance of electronic communications and their misuse
• Author: Danijel Majzec
• Mentor: Mario Spremić (mentor)
• Committee member: Ivan Strugar (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Božidar Jaković (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Economics and Business; (Department of Informatics); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-03, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics

Abstract

Masovni nadzor je nadzor cijele ili značajne populacije u cilju praćenja te skupine građana. Nadzor često provode sigurnosne službe, ali ih također mogu izvoditi korporacije, bilo u ime vlada ili na vlastitu inicijativu. Masovni nadzor često se navodi potrebnim za borbu protiv terorizma, radi zaštite nacionalne sigurnosti, borbe protiv dječje pornografije i zaštite djece. Suprotno tome, masovni nadzor često se kritizira zbog kršenja prava na privatnost, ograničavanja građanskih i političkih prava. Masovnim nadzorom moguće je prikupljati metapodatke dok konkretan sadržaj komunikacija ostaje skriven. Konkretan sadržaj komunikacije može se vidjeti upotrebom ciljanog nadzora. Ciljani nadzor može zaobići enkripciju i presresti poruke prije nego što se šifriraju. Špijunski alati koji omogućuju masovni i ciljani nadzor elektroničke komunikacije prodaju mnoge privatne kompanije diljem svijeta. Hacking Team, FinFisher i NSO Group su predvodnici privatne industrije masovnog nadzora. Navedene kompanije su kritizirane jer se njihovi špijunski alati često zloupotrebljavaju protiv političkih protivnika, novinara i aktivista. Cilj ovog rada je istražiti da li se državno-sponzorirano hakiranje nezakonito koristi protiv ljudskih prava i privatnosti. Također, potrebno je istražiti kako se ljudi mogu zaštititi od masovnog i ciljanog nadzora u cilju zaštite digitalne privatnosti.

Abstract (english)

Mass surveillance is the surveillance of the entire or significant population fraction in the order to monitor that group of citizens. The surveillance is often carried out by security services, but may also be carried out by corporations, either on behalf of governments or at their own initiative. Mass surveillance has often been cited as necessary to fight terrorism, to protect national security, to fight child pornography and to protect children. Conversely, mass surveillance has often been criticized for violating privacy rights, limiting civil and political rights. Mass surveillance can collect metadata while specific content of communications remains hidden. The specific content of the communication can be seen using targeted surveillance. Targeted surveillance can bypass encryption and intercept messages before they are encrypted. Spy tools that enable mass and targeted surveillance of electronic communications are sold by many private companies around the world. Hacking Team, FinFisher and NSO Group are the leaders of the private mass surveillance industry. These companies have been criticized because their spy tools are often abused against political opponents, journalists and activist. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether state-sponsored hacking is being used illegally against human righst and privacy. Also, it is necessary to explore how people can protect themselves from mass and targeted surveillance in order to protect digital privacy.

• Keywords: masovni nadzor; ciljani nadzor; državno-sponzorirano hakiranje; zlouporaba špijunskih alata; ljudska prava.
• Keywords (english): mass surveillance; targeted surveillance; state-sponsored hacking; misuse of spyware; human rights.
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:148:385784
• Study programme: Title: Business Economics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra ekonomije (magistar/magistra ekonomije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2019-09-03 20:52:29