Synopses & Reviews
Technology is rapidly moving into our bodies,” writes cyber expert Keenan, and this book gives a chilling look ahead into where that road may lead us on a one way trip to the total surrender of privacy and the commoditization of intimacy.” Here is the definitive dissection of privacy-eroding and life-invading technologies, coming at you from governments, corporations, and the person next door.
Take, for example, Girls Around Me”: a Russian-made iPhone App that allowed anyone to scan the immediate vicinity for girls and women who checked in on Foursquare and had poorly secured Facebook profiles. It combined this information in a way never intended by the original poster. Going to a Disney theme park? Your creepy new MagicBand” will alert Minnie Mouse that youre on the way and shell know your kids name when you approach her. Thinking about sending your DNA off to Ancestry.com for some genetic genealogy”? Perhaps you should think again: your genetic information could be used against you.
"This masterful weaving of the negatives and positives of technology makes for a book that is realistic about technologys perils yet optimistic about its great potential.”Foreword Reviews
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"This book should be read by anyone who uses a smartphone, computer or other device connected to the internet. It wont make you feel better, but at least youll know what youre up against." Ron Jacobs, CounterPunch
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"This book
should be read by anyone who uses a smartphone, computer or other device connected to the internet. It wont make you feel better, but at least youll know what youre up against." Ron Jacobs,
CounterPunch"Keenan lays out the evidence calmly, methodically and without polemics: he lets the evidence speak for itself. This is not to say the book is devoid of humourfar from it! But his wit, like his politics, takes a back seat to the civil and civic-minded purpose of his endeavor."— The Rumpus
"This masterful weaving of the negatives and positives of technology makes for a book that is realistic about technologys perils yet optimistic about its great potential.”—Barry Silverstein, Foreword Reviews
About the Author
One of the worlds top computer security experts, Thomas P. Keenan helped the Canadian government write its computer crime laws in 1983, and co-wrote the award-winning CBC series on cybercrime, Crimes of the Future.”