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Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century
Garfinkel
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Description for Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century
Paperback. This journalistic summary of the current state of privacy rights and violations at the beginning of the 21st century is a call to arms, pleading the case for privacy in the same way as Rachel Carson's 1962 text "Silent Spring". Num Pages: 338 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UBJ; UDB; URD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Fifty years ago, in 1984, George Orwell imagined a future in which privacy was demolished by a totalitarian state that used spies, video surveillance, historical revisionism, and control over the media to maintain its power. Those who worry about personal privacy and identity--especially in this day of technologies that encroach upon these rights--still use Orwell's "Big Brother" language to discuss privacy issues. But the reality is that the age of a monolithic Big Brother is over. And yet the threats are perhaps even more likely to destroy the rights we've assumed were ... Read more
Fifty years ago, in 1984, George Orwell imagined a future in which privacy was demolished by a totalitarian state that used spies, video surveillance, historical revisionism, and control over the media to maintain its power. Those who worry about personal privacy and identity--especially in this day of technologies that encroach upon these rights--still use Orwell's "Big Brother" language to discuss privacy issues. But the reality is that the age of a monolithic Big Brother is over. And yet the threats are perhaps even more likely to destroy the rights we've assumed were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
O´Reilly Media United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596001056
SKU
V9780596001056
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About Garfinkel
Simson Garfinkel is a journalist, entrepreneur, and international authority on computer security. Garfinkel writes a weekly column for computer users, Simson Says, that appears in the print and online versions of The Boston Globe. Garfinkel is a frequent contributor to Wired Magazine, and his articles have appeared in more than 50 publications, including ComputerWorld, Forbes, The New York Times, and ... Read more
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