Title: Protecting Yourself Online: The Definitive Resource on Safety and Privacy in Cyberspace
Publisher: Harper Edge (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0062515128
ISBN 13: 9780062515124
Binding: Paperback
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Like any new frontier, cyberspace offers both exhilarating possibilities and unforeseen hazards. As personal information about us travels the globe on high-speed networks, often with neither our knowledge nor our consent, a solid understanding of privacy and security issues is vital to the preservation of our rights and civil liberties. In reaping the benefits of the information age while safeguarding ourselves from its perils, the choices we make and the precedents we establish today will be central in defining the future of the electronic frontier.

Since 1991, the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has worked to protect freedoms and advocate responsibility in new media and the online world. In Protecting Yourself Online, Robert Gelman has drawn on the collective insight and experience of EFF to present a comprehensive guide to self-protection in the electronic frontier. In accessible, clear-headed language, Protecting Yourself Online addresses such issues as:

avoiding spam [junk mail]
spotting online scams and hoaxes
protecting yourself from identity theft and fraud
guarding your email privacy [and knowing when you can't]
assessing the danger of viruses
keeping the net free of censorship and safe for your children
protecting your intellectual property

Produced by the leading civil libertarians of the digital age, and including a foreword by one of the most respected leaders in global business and the cyberworld, Esther Dyson, Protecting Yourself Online is an essential resource for new media newcomers and old Internet hands alike.

About the Author

Robert Gelman is a writer, editor, musician, interactive media developer, and event producer, with his roots in the performing arts. His company, BG and Associates, provides audio and other content for companies such as Mindscape Entertainment, Disney, and America Online.

He serves as a contributing editor to InterActivity Magazine and is a regular contributor to newspapers and journals on subjects of interest to interactive media developers.

He was co-founder and producer of the seminal CyberArts International conferences and festivals, producer of the Digital Be-In, and dozens of other live high-technology events. He is a judge for the Global Information Infrastructure Awards and is a fellow of the Seybold Institute.

For those interested in a digest of views from many corners about cyber-rights and responsibilities, he offers a free email-delivered newsletter.

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