About the Author

Gary T. Marx is professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having also taught at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author most recently of Undercover: Police Surveillance in America. His writings for academic, policy, and popular audiences have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and New Republic. For more information, please see www.garymarx.net. In 2017, Vrije Universiteit Brussel awarded Marx an honorary doctorate for his original and stimulating contributions to the study of surveillance and security.