Dragnet nation : a quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805098075 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0805098070 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780805098082 (electronic copy)
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Physical Description:
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289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Hacked -- A short history of tracking -- State of surveillance -- Freedom of association -- Threat models -- The audit -- The first line of defense -- Leaving Google -- Introducing Ida -- Pocket litter -- Opting out -- The hall of mirrors -- Lonely codes -- Fighting fear -- An unfairness doctrine. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Privacy, Right of Electronic surveillance National security -- Moral and ethical aspects Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects Civil rights |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | JC 596 A54 2014 (Text) | 26040003002538 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Online ads from websites you've visited... smartphones and cars transmitting your location... data-gathering surveillance operations across the Internet and on your phone lines. You are being watched.... Angwin offers a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, private companies, and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data. She argues that the greatest long-term danger is that we start to internalize the surveillance and censor our words and thoughts, until we lose our freedom. Appalled at such a prospect, Angwin conducts a series of experiments to try to protect herself.