Steal This Computer Book 3: What They Won't Tell You about the Internet

by Wallace Wang

This offbeat, non-technical book looks at what hackers do, how they do it, and how you can protect yourself. The third edition of this bestseller (over 150,000 copies sold) adopts the same informative, irreverent, and entertaining style that made the first two editions a huge success. Thoroughly updated, this edition also covers rootkits, spyware, web bugs, identity theft, hacktivism, wireless hacking (wardriving), biometrics, and firewalls.

Genres: Computers

384 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

See also Wally Wang

Reviews

[Sherb · Rating 4 out of 5]

An entertaining book for anyone who's interested in learning about different schemes that have been pulled over the years, most of the book is older information, entertaining nonetheless

[Iris · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought this book thinking it was a pretty good book after only skimming it. However, despite its thickness, it didn't have much substantial information. It explains that viruses are bad, but not much on why/how they're bad. It's great for complete computer/internet beginners, but for me it was a waste of money...

[Jeff Stewart · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe good for nontechies, but definitely not worth reading if you are in the field.

[Y · Rating 4 out of 5]

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