Privacy & Surveillance

A timely and powerful must-read on how the big tech companies are damaging our culture - and what we can do to fight their influenceFour titanic corporations are now the most powerful gatekeepers the world has ever known. We shop with Amazon, socialise...

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917341134Author Jane DuncanFormat HardbackPage Count 380Imprint Scottish Universities PressPublisher Scottish Universities PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917341127Author Jane DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Scottish Universities PressPublisher Scottish Universities PressWeight(grams)...

A personal chronicle of three key legal privacy battles that have defined the digital age and shaped the internet as we know it. From the very beginning, Cindy Cohn was driven by a fundamental question: can we still have private conversations if we live...

The concept of privacy is central to public life in the United States. It is the fulcrum of countless conflicts over reproductive rights and consumer protection, the power of tech companies and the reach of state surveillance. How did privacy come to...

Other books remind us of what we already know-that privacy is under great pressure. James Rule provides a step-by-step plan to create a significantly more private and authentically democratic world. Taking Privacy Seriously offers both a concise,...

Cell phone apps share location information; software companies store user data in the cloud; biometric scanners read fingerprints; employees of some businesses have microchips implanted in their hands. In each of these instances we trade a share of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399531699Author Chuck ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911452171Author Raef MeeuwisseFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Cyber Simplicity LtdPublisher Cyber Simplicity LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 5mm

This book analyses how digital transformation disrupts established patterns of world politics, moving International Relations (IR) increasingly towards Digital International Relations.This volume examines technological, agential and ordering processes...

Told through the lives of the American Century's most talented and stubborn dissidents, Flights is the archetypal hero's journey of a group of progressives whose struggle for truth, and for freedom from persecution, sent them into exile, both literal and...

We live in an age saturated with surveillance. Our personal and public lives are increasingly on display for governments, merchants, employers, hackers-and the merely curious-to see. In Windows into the Soul, Gary T. Marx, a central figure in the rapidly...

We can hardly underestimate the importance of privacy in our data-driven world. Privacy breaches are not just about disclosing information. Personal data is used to profile and manipulate us - sometimes on such a large scale that it affects society as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785274916Author Kaliya YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g

Cracking open the politics of transparency and secrecy In an era of open data and ubiquitous dataveillance, what does it mean to "share"? This book argues that we are all "shareveillant" subjects, called upon to be transparent and render data open at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807061268Author Heidi BoghosianFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

The threats to privacy are well known: the National Security Agency tracks our phone calls; Google records where we go online and how we set our thermostats and more. The contributors to this Privacy in the Modern Age don't simply describe these problems...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262529860Author Finn BruntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 10mm

What our health data tell American capitalism about our value-and how that controls our lives.Afterlives of Data follows the curious and multiple lives that our data live once they escape our control. Mary F. E. Ebeling's ethnographic investigation shows...

The path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies. Technology is a gift and a curse. The five Big Tech companies-Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google-have built innovative products that improve many aspects of our lives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685892432Author Becky HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams) 119g

Without a moment's pause, we share our most intimate thoughts with trillion-dollar tech companies. Their algorithms categorize us and jump to conclusions about who we are. They even shape our everyday thoughts and actions - from who we date to how we...

It's a basic human right to feel and be safe in your community-where you live, work and play. But, few people know or understand everything it takes to make this possible. Safe City details the concerted effort and integration of new technology it takes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798227143792Author Michael MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Michael MortonPublisher Michael MortonWeight(grams) 109g

This book covers topics needed to be considered in research around usable privacy. The book starts from a psychological perspective and introduces readers to basic behavioral theories and models that can explain end-user privacy behavior (including the...

Very little in the American way of life functions adequately under surveillance. Democracy itself may be at mortal risk due to the loss of privacy and the increase in surveillance. Examining challenges in a wide range of contexts, this book investigates...

This book covers topics needed to be considered in research around usable privacy. The book starts from a psychological perspective and introduces readers to basic behavioral theories and models that can explain end-user privacy behavior (including the...

Very little in the American way of life functions adequately under surveillance. Democracy itself may be at mortal risk due to the loss of privacy and the increase in surveillance. Examining challenges in a wide range of contexts, this book investigates...

In spite of Edward Snowden’s disclosures about government abuses of dragnet communication surveillance, the surveillance industry continues to expand around the world. Many people have become resigned to a world where they cannot have a reasonable...

Cell phone apps share location information; software companies store user data in the cloud; biometric scanners read fingerprints; employees of some businesses have microchips implanted in their hands. In each of these instances we trade a share of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789362130747Author Rahul MatthanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886770421Author U S War DepartmentFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Greenpoint Books, LLCPublisher Greenpoint Books, LLCWeight(grams) 91g

Other books remind us of what we already know—that privacy is under great pressure. James Rule provides a step-by-step plan to create a significantly more private and authentically democratic world. Taking Privacy Seriously offers both a concise,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785273698Author Kaliya YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g

Personal Identification: Modern Development and Security Implications, Second Edition explains how personal identification – and REAL ID – became part of the American fabric along with their past century’s historical ID development. The development of...

A practical, user-friendly handbook for understanding and protecting our personal data and digital privacy. Our Data, Ourselves addresses a common and crucial question: What can we as private individuals do to protect our personal information in a...

A practical, user-friendly handbook for understanding and protecting our personal data and digital privacy. Our Data, Ourselves addresses a common and crucial question: What can we as private individuals do to protect our personal information in a...

What our health data tells American capitalism about our value-and how it controls our lives. Afterlives of Data follows the curious and multiple lives that our data live once they escape us. Mary F. E. Ebeling's ethnographic investigation shows how...