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The Spy In The Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know it
What do you know about the new surveillance state that has been created in the wake of pervasive computing � that is, the increasing use of very small and simple computers in all sorts of host � from your computer to your coat? Well, these little computers can communicate via the web and form powerful networks whose emergent behaviour can be very complex, intelligent, and...more
Paperback, 280 pages
Published
March 3rd 2008
by Oneworld Publications
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I found this in a charity shop and wondered how it ended up there. I mean, it was only published last year, came from a reputable academic press and discussed something that's particularly important to our lives today.
Then I read it.
There's not anything wrong with this book per se. As an overview of privacy and of the possible ramifications of technology on our privacy, it's fine. But it seems to never really become much more than an overview.
The authors are unquestionably knowledgeable about t...more
Then I read it.
There's not anything wrong with this book per se. As an overview of privacy and of the possible ramifications of technology on our privacy, it's fine. But it seems to never really become much more than an overview.
The authors are unquestionably knowledgeable about t...more
A thoroughly enlightening read, this is bang-up-to-date and does a good job of demystifying some of the jargon bandied about in our increasingly connected world. All in all it's a very readable, engaging attempt to make sense of the steady erosion of privacy in an increasingly technological world, and what we might do to prevent that erosion.
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