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Data and Goliath : the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world / Bruce Schneier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 383 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393244816
  • 0393244814
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.8 SCH
Contents:
Data as a by-product of computing -- Data as surveillance -- Analyzing our data -- The business of surveillance -- Government surveillance and control -- Consolidation of institutional control -- Political liberty and justice -- Commercial fairness and equality -- Business competitiveness -- Privacy -- Security -- Principles -- Solutions for government -- Solutions for corporations -- Solutions for the rest of us -- Social norms and the big data trade-off.
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Standard Loan Clonmel Library Main Collection 005.85 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30026000070648

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Data is everywhere. We create it every time we go online, turn our phone on (or off) or pay with a credit card. This data is stored, studied, bought and sold by companies and governments for surveillance and for control. "Foremost security expert" (Wired) Bruce Schneier shows how this data has led to a double-edged Internet--a Web that gives power to the people but is abused by the institutions on which those people depend. In Data and Goliath, Schneier reveals the full extent of surveillance, censorship and propaganda in society today, examining the risks of cybercrime, cyberterrorism and cyberwar. He shares technological, legal and social solutions that can help shape a more equal, private and secure world.

Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who\'s with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you\'re unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google knows what you\'re thinking because it saves your private searches. Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it. The powers that surveil us do more than simply store this information. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate not only the news articles and advertisements we each see, but also the prices we\'re offered. Governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, and chill free speech, and put people in danger worldwide. And both sides share this information with each other or, even worse, lose it to cybercriminals in huge data breaches. Much of this is voluntary: we cooperate with corporate surveillance because it promises us convenience, and we submit to government surveillance because it promises us protection. The result is a mass surveillance society of our own making. But have we given up more than we\'ve gained? Security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He shows us what we can do to reform our government surveillance programs and shake up surveillance-based business models, while also providing tips for you to protect your privacy every day.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-364) and index.

Data as a by-product of computing -- Data as surveillance -- Analyzing our data -- The business of surveillance -- Government surveillance and control -- Consolidation of institutional control -- Political liberty and justice -- Commercial fairness and equality -- Business competitiveness -- Privacy -- Security -- Principles -- Solutions for government -- Solutions for corporations -- Solutions for the rest of us -- Social norms and the big data trade-off.

Text in English.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part 1 The World We're Creating
  • 1 Data as a By-product of Computing (p. 13)
  • 2 Data as Surveillance (p. 20)
  • 3 Analyzing Our Data (p. 33)
  • 4 The Business of Surveillance (p. 46)
  • 5 Government Surveillance and Control (p. 62)
  • 6 Consolidation of Institutional Control (p. 78)
  • Part 2 What's At Stake
  • 7 Political Liberty and Justice (p. 91)
  • 8 Commercial Fairness and Equality (p. 108)
  • 9 Business Competitiveness (p. 119)
  • 10 Privacy (p. 125)
  • 11 Security (p. 135)
  • Part 3 What to Do About It
  • 12 Principles (p. 155)
  • 13 Solutions for Government (p. 167)
  • 14 Solutions for Corporations (p. 190)
  • 15 Solutions for the Rest of Us (p. 213)
  • 16 Social Norms and the Big Data Trade-off (p. 226)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 239)
  • Notes (p. 243)
  • Index (p. 365)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Bruce Schneier is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and the CTO of Resilient Systems, Inc. He is a security expert and author of numerous books including Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World, Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneier on Security, and Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Capture Your Data and Control Your World.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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