Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

Bruce Schneier

ISBN 10: 0393244814 / ISBN 13: 9780393244816

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A., 2015

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. First Edition, Fourth Printing. SIGNED by the author on the Title Page. Hardcover is in very good condition (torn at the top of the spine, bumped on the bottom of the spine and on the bottom corner of the front cover). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition (scratched on the back cover, worn corners and edge wear). Brodart protected. 383 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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 cyber-crime, cyber-terrorism and cyber-war. He shares technological, legal and social solutions that can help shape a more equal, private and secure world. Seller Inventory # 7808

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Title: Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to ...

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

You are under surveillance right now.

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, 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? In Data and Goliath, security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He shows us exactly 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. You'll never look at your phone, your computer, your credit cards, or even your car in the same way again.

About the Author:

Bruce Schneier is "one of the world's foremost security experts" (Wired) and the best-selling author of thirteen books. He speaks and writes regularly for major media venues, and his newsletter and blog reach more than 250,000 people worldwide. He is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and the CTO of Resilient Systems, Inc.