Angwin Julia
Angwin Julia - Dragnet Nation A Quest For Privacy Security And Freedom In A World Of Relentless Surveillance - Paperback
Angwin Julia - Dragnet Nation A Quest For Privacy Security And Freedom In A World Of Relentless Surveillance - Paperback
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Description: An inside look at who's watching you what they know and why it matters. We are being watched. We see online ads from websites we've visited long after we've moved on to other interests. Our smartphones and cars transmit our location enabling us to know what's in the neighborhood but also enabling others to track us. And the federal government we recently learned has been conducting a massive data - gathering surveillance operation across the Internet and on our phone lines. In Dragnet Nation award - winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin reports from the front lines of America's surveillance economy offering a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government private companies and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data. In a world where we can be watched in our own homes where we can no longer keep secrets and where we can be impersonated financially manipulated or even placed in a police lineup Angwin argues that the greatest long - term danger is that we start to internalize the surveillance and censor our words and thoughts until we lose the very freedom that makes us unique individuals. Appalled at such a prospect Angwin conducts a series of experiments to try to protect herself ranging from quitting Google to carrying a "burner" phone showing how difficult it is for an average citizen to resist the dragnets reach. Her book is a cautionary tale for all of us with profound implications for our values our society and our very selves.
Title: Dragnet Nation A Quest For Privacy Security And Freedom In A World Of Relentless Surveillance
Author(s): Angwin Julia
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250060860
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/10/2015
Description: An inside look at who's watching you what they know and why it matters. We are being watched. We see online ads from websites we've visited long after we've moved on to other interests. Our smartphones and cars transmit our location enabling us to know what's in the neighborhood but also enabling others to track us. And the federal government we recently learned has been conducting a massive data - gathering surveillance operation across the Internet and on our phone lines. In Dragnet Nation award - winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin reports from the front lines of America's surveillance economy offering a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government private companies and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data. In a world where we can be watched in our own homes where we can no longer keep secrets and where we can be impersonated financially manipulated or even placed in a police lineup Angwin argues that the greatest long - term danger is that we start to internalize the surveillance and censor our words and thoughts until we lose the very freedom that makes us unique individuals. Appalled at such a prospect Angwin conducts a series of experiments to try to protect herself ranging from quitting Google to carrying a "burner" phone showing how difficult it is for an average citizen to resist the dragnets reach. Her book is a cautionary tale for all of us with profound implications for our values our society and our very selves.
Title: Dragnet Nation A Quest For Privacy Security And Freedom In A World Of Relentless Surveillance
Author(s): Angwin Julia
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250060860
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/10/2015
