Privacy Lost How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy

Name: Privacy Lost How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy
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ISBN: 9780787985110

ISBN-10: 0787985112

ISBN-13: 9780787985110

Edition: 2006

Authors: David H. Holtzman, Evan Bayh

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An insider's exposeacute; of the world of technology and how it's putting our privacy at risk The Patriot Act, government eavesdropping, the distribution of our most personal information . . . recent security breaches have affected millions of Americans' privacy. But who controls this information about us and what are they doing with it? This question touches almost every aspect of our lives-from control over our finances and identities to the (assumed) basic rights to keep our thoughts, actions, medical histories, whereabouts, and other personal information to ourselves. While other books in the field focus on the legal aspects of privacy issues, Holtzman presents the technological and…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/13/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.30" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.232



Foreword



Preface: The Monkey House


Acknowledgments


Introduction: How and Why Our Privacy Is at Risk


Privacy Invasions Hurt



The Seven Sins Against Privacy



Collateral Damage: The Harm to Society


Why Technology Is Key



Technology Affects Privacy: How and Why



New Tech, New Crimes: Fresh Wounds


Privacy in Context



Privacy and the Law: A Right Ahead or Left Behind?



Privacy and Identity: The Cult of Me



Privacy and Culture in a Technological World: Shoji Screens


The Technology



Voyeurism: Surveillance Technology



Stalking: Networks, Tags, and Locators


The Watchers



Marketing Invasions: Garbos and Greed



Government Invasions for Security: Mugwumps and Momists


What Can Be Done?



Fighting Back: Gandhis, Curmudgeons, and Vigilantes



The Panopticon: See the Bars, Rattle the Cage


Recommended Reading


Notes


Index


The Author