| The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know It Contributor(s): O'Hara, Kieran (Author), Shadbolt, Nigel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851685545 ISBN-13: 9781851685547 Publisher: ONEWorld Publications OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: What do you know about the new surveillance state that has been created in the wake of pervasive computing - 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 invasive. The question is: how much of an infringement on privacy are they? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Computers | Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.04" W x 7.8" (0.97 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A startling expos 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. |