Data and Goliath
The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
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If you send an email, use a search engine or like a Facebook page, you are under surveillance. Companies gather information to target you with advertising and the US National Security Agency (NSA) collects data on virtually every American. In this discerning, well-researched work, security guru Bruce Schneier shows why the NSA’s post-September 11, 2001, surveillance doesn’t make the world safer and he covers why marketers work to harvest your data. He crystallizes these issues with powerful examples as he argues for reform. To stem the erosion of privacy, Schneier recommends solutions, which, he concedes, the pace of technological change may soon make obsolete. While politically neutral, getAbstract recommends Schneier’s informed overview to policy makers, privacy specialists and anyone looking to curb the excesses of the surveillance age.
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About the Author
Bruce Schneier, a fellow at the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, is the author of 13 books. He writes an influential newsletter and blog on information security.
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