Data and Goliath
Bruce Schneier is a well-known security technologist who has been dubbed a "security expert" by the Economist. He has nearly a dozen publications to his credit, teaches at Harvard Kennedy School, and lives in Massachusetts.
Your cell phone provider knows where you are and who is with you. Your online and in-store purchase habits are tracked, revealing if you're unemployed, unwell, or pregnant. Your e-mails and messages reveal your close and casual friends. Because it saves your private searches, Google knows what you're thinking. Facebook can figure out your sexual orientation without you saying anything.
The authorities who monitor us do more than just keep this data. Corporations employ surveillance to affect not only the news and commercials we view, but also the rates we are offered. Governments around the world utilize surveillance to discriminate, censor, stifle free speech, and put people in danger. And, unfortunately, both sides share this information with one another or, even worse, lose it to cybercriminals in massive data breaches.
We collaborate with corporate surveillance because it offers us convenience, and we acquiesce to government surveillance because it promises us protection. As a result, we have created our own vast monitoring society. But have we sacrificed more than we have gained? Security expert Bruce Schneier presents another option in Data and Goliath- one of the best books on cyber security, one that values both security and privacy. With a new prologue covering the most recent events, he brings his best-selling book up to speed, and then shows us exactly what we can do to change government surveillance programs, shake up surveillance-based business models, and defend our individual privacy. You'll never again look at your phone, computer, credit cards, or even your car the same way.
Author: Bruce Schneier
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Data-Goliath-Battles-Collect-Control/dp/039335217X/
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