Description
Book SynopsisWhile other books in the field focus on specific aspects of privacy or how to avoid invasions, David H. Holtzman--a master technologist, internet pioneer, security analyst, and former military codebreaker--presents a comprehensive insider's expose of the world of invasive technology, who's using it, and how our privacy is at risk.
Table of ContentsForeword v
Senator Evan Bayh
Preface: The Monkey House ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: How and Why Our Privacy Is at Risk xix
Privacy Invasions Hurt
1. The Seven Sins Against Privacy 3
2. Collateral Damage: The Harm to Society 41
Why Technology Is Key
3. Technology Affects Privacy: How and Why 57
4. New Tech, New Crimes: Fresh Wounds 71
Privacy in Context
5. Privacy and the Law: A Right Ahead or Left Behind? 93
6. Privacy and Identity: The Cult of Me 121
7. Privacy and Culture in a Technological World: Shoji Screens 137
The Technology
8. Voyeurism: Surveillance Technology 149
9. Stalking: Networks, Tags, and Locators 169
The Watchers
10. Marketing Invasions: Garbos and Greed 187
11. Government Invasions for Security: Mugwumps and Momists 211
What Can Be Done?
12. Fighting Back: Gandhis, Curmudgeons, and Vigilantes 239
13. The Panopticon: See the Bars, Rattle the Cage 265
Recommended Reading 279
Notes 281
Index 313
The Author 329
