{"product_id":"the-transparent-society-will-technology-force-us-to-choose-between-privacy-and-freedom-9780738201443","title":"The Transparent Society Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn New York and Baltimore, police cameras scan public areas twenty-four hours a day. Huge commercial databases track you finances and sell that information to anyone willing to pay. Host sites on the World Wide Web record every page you view, and  smart toll roads know where you drive. Every day, new technology nibbles at our privacy.Does that make you nervous? David Brin is worried, but not just about privacy. He fears that society will overreact to these technologies by restricting the flow of information, frantically enforcing a reign of secrecy. Such measures, he warns, won''t really preserve our privacy. Governments, the wealthy, criminals, and the techno-elite will still find ways to watch us. But we''ll have fewer ways to watch them. We''ll lose the key to a free society: accountability. The Transparent Society  is a call for  reciprocal transparency. If police cameras watch us, shouldn''t we be able to watch police stations? If credit bureaus sell our data, shouldn''t we know w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA New World * The Challenge of an Open Society  * The Age of Knowledge  * Privacy Under Siege  * Can We Own Information?   Minefields * Human Nature and the Dilemma of Openness  * Lessons in Accountability  * The War Over Secrecy   Road Maps * Pragmatism in an Uncertain World  * Humility and Limits  * Global Transparency  * The Road of Openness","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767955784023,"sku":"9780738201443","price":24.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780738201443.jpg?v=1758715674","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-transparent-society-will-technology-force-us-to-choose-between-privacy-and-freedom-9780738201443","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}