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Bezig met laden... Database Nation : The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century (2000)door Simson Garfinkel
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An interesting overview of what data is collected about you and how it is used. The book is a bit dated in sections, it was written pre-9/11 so the chapter on Terrorism is of course way out of date. But, the chapter on Terrorism is also eerily prescient. The most fascinating chapters were the ones on video surveillance and shopping loyalty programs. There are parts of the book that mention data collection on the Internet, and as this book is pre-Google and pre-Cloud, there are some obvious holes in that section. But, the gist of the book is that data is being collected, sifted, and used by companies to influence your actions every day. I recommend this book. ( )
"Scare us he does, but while Garfinkel succeeds in his mission of building awareness, his overall thesis is less convincing. ... Database Nation is an excellent compendium of the many situations that threaten our privacy."
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 we Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)323.4480973Social sciences Political Science Civil and political rights The state and the individual Liberty Privacy, Freedom from SurveillanceLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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