false 333794 1 <P>In "Beyond Fear," Bruce Schneier invites us to take a critical look at not just the threats to our security, but the ways in which we're encouraged to think about security by law enforcement agencies, businesses of all shapes and sizes, and our national governments and militaries. Schneier believes we all can and should be better security consumers, and that the trade-offs we make in the name of security - in terms of cash outlays, taxes, inconvenience, and diminished freedoms - should be part of an ongoing negotiation in our personal, professional, and civic lives, and the subject of an open and informed national discussion.<BR><BR>With a well-deserved reputation for original and sometimes iconoclastic thought, Schneier has a lot to say that is provocative, counter-intuitive, and just plain good sense. He explains in detail, for example, why we need to design security systems that don't just work well, but fail well, and why secrecy on the part of government often undermines security. A skeptic of much that's promised by highly touted technologies like biometrics, Schneier is also a refreshingly positive, problem-solving force in the often self-dramatizing and fear-mongering world of security pundits.<BR><BR>Schneier helps the reader to understand the issues at stake, and how to best come to one's own conclusions, including the vast infrastructure we already have in place, and the vaster systems--some useful, others useless or worse--that we're being asked to submit to and pay for.</P> 324296 4 5 2006 Beyond Fear total:80|5:0|4:0|3:1|2:0|1:0| 80 311 204 12 1 1 true false Thu Aug 09 19:23:06 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 19:28:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:29:10 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:34:10 -0700 2009
Bruce talks about *how* to assess security threats and solutions, leaving the theory current and highly applicable, even if the content is a couple of years old. He does a good job alternating between theory and examples, ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 07:00:54 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 06 16:14:47 -0700 2008 http://www.schneier.com/) It's fantastic stuff. However I found this book very disappointing, for quite a few different reasons. Three of them are:

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