Technology is rapidly moving into our bodies,” writes cyber expert
Keenan, and this book gives a chilling look ahead into where that
road may lead us on a one way trip to the total surrender of
privacy and the commoditization of intimacy.” Here is the definitive
dissection of privacy-eroding and life-invading technologies, coming
at you from governments, corporations, and the person next door. Take,
for example, Girls Around Me”: a Russian-made iPhone App that
allowed anyone to scan the immediate vicinity for girls and women who
checked in on Foursquare and had poorly secured Facebook profiles. It
combined this information in a way never intended by the original
poster. Going to a Disney theme park? Your creepy new MagicBand”
will alert Minnie Mouse that you’re on the way and she’ll know
your kid’s name when you approach her. Thinking about sending your
DNA off to Ancestry.com for some genetic genealogy”? Perhaps you
should think again: your genetic information could be used against
you. With security scares like the Heartbleed bug (which compromised
even supposedly safe internet behemoths like Google and Yahoo!)
becoming more commonplace, this book is a must-read for anybody who
values their privacy in a wired world.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781771641234
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Greystone Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter