The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know It - Couverture souple

O'hara, Kieron

 
9781851685547: The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know It
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1851685545 ISBN 13 : 9781851685547
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2008

Synopsis

A startling exposé of how much Big Brother knows about you

We are entering a new state of global hypersurveillance. As we increasingly resort to technology for our work and play, our electronic activity leaves behind digital footprints that can be used to track our movements. In our cars, telephones, even our coffee machines, tiny computers communicating wirelessly via the Internet can serve as miniature witnesses, forming powerful networks whose emergent behaviour can be very complex, intelligent, and invasive. The question is: how much of an infringement on privacy are they? Exposing the invasion of our privacy from CCTVs to blogs, "The Spy in the Coffee Machine" explores what - if anything - we can do to prevent it from disappearing forever in the digital age, and provides readers with a much needed wake-up call to the benefits and dangers of this new technology.

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À propos des auteurs

Author Kieron O'Hara is Senior Research Fellow in the Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia Group (IAM), in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton. He is currently involved in the Office of Science and Technology's Cybertrust and Crime Prevention initiative. He is the author of two books in popular science and sociology: Plato and the Internet, and Trust: From Socrates to Spin. He also co-wrote the script for best-selling computer game Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation.

Nigel Shadbolt is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton, UK, and was President of the British Computer Society in its 50th anniversary year 2006-2007. He is Chief Technology Officer of internet security firm Garlik, and a director of the Web Science Research Initiative. He is both a chartered psychologist and a chartered engineer, and sits on a number of UK national science and technology committees.

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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1851685545
ISBN 13 
9781851685547
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
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Personne responsable
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