Synopses & Reviews
Pop-up ads, cookies, spyware, spam, junk mail, telemarketing calls. Rapidly evolving technology has made you a target and your personal information a desirable commodity. Your profile is out there and it?s available not just to the highest bidder, but to every bidder. Technology, advertising, the media, and government have converged to invade our privacy. Invasion of Privacy exposes the dangers and proposes a practical defense. Invasion of Privacy is about people; people who do good and evil things with technology, people who are victims of technology, and victims who become avengers by turning the tables on the technology that victimizes them.
About the Author
Michael J. Weber wrote "Confessions of an Internet Auction Junkie," published by Prima Tech in November, 2000. Weber's career began on Madison Avenue where he produced hundreds of television commercials for America's premier advertising agencies. He then segued to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. He's written over a dozen screenplays for major film studios. Weber began budgeting TV commercials and films on the first 8086 PC and has been a computer fanatic ever since. He has created and maintains several Websites including HIP2SELL.COM, an internet advertising agency, and HIP2BUY, an e-commerce site. When Inernet Auction Junkie was published he created a Web site and User Group for it too. He has auctioned more Kit-Cat clocks than anyone on eBay!
Table of Contents
Part I - The Invasion Chapter 1: The Death of Moore's Law: Koyaanisqatsi Chapter 2: The Target Is You! Layers: Players, and Privacy Zones Chapter 3: Opting Out: How to Create a Digital Doppelganger Chapter 4: Convergence: Everything Is Wired To Everything! Chapter 5: TacticalandPractical Digital Defense (Part 1) ? The $2.2 Trillion Fax Chapter 6: Surveillance: Wherever You Go, There You Are! Chapter 7: The Cheap Toothpick Syndrome: Mediocrity and Hypocrisy Chapter 8: The Metaphysics of Hacking: Don?t Eat Yellow Snow Chapter 9: Media Meltdown: The Politics of Piracy Chapter 10: Badvertising: How Madison Avenue Killed Rock ?n? Roll Chapter 11: Practical and Tactical Digital Defense (Part 2): The eBay Version of ?Rocky? Part II - Zone Defense Chapter 12: The Computer Zone Chapter 13: The Internet Zone Chapter 14: The Public Zone