Virtual Shadows: Your Privacy in the Information Society - Softcover

Lawrence �qvist, Karen

9781906124090: Virtual Shadows: Your Privacy in the Information Society

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906124094 ISBN 13: 9781906124090

Verlag: British Computer Society, 2009

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... a sobering discussion of recent trends in information gathering and usage which highlights both the potential risks and possible advantages in the amount of information being gathered and used by governments and private entities. In general the book is very readable and provides a balanced view of the issues. The discussions of how and why we willingly share our data and the way it gets used are well informed and interesting. -- Nick Dunn MBCS CITP * ITNOW Magazine * This book is as suitable for a general audience as much as for information security or web professionals and is written in a very readable style. We are introduced to the concepts behind social networking and web 2.0 and their impact on our privacy and everyday lives. Good advice is given on maintaining some separation between work colleagues, online friends and limiting information available to different types of Facebook friend. -- Nick Dunn MBCS CITP * IT Training magazine * Recommended read to cure oneself of the online phobia. -- D. Murali * The Hindu * Everyone 'online' should read this book to understand the risks they are taking and to appreciate how the future may unfold. -- Sean Quigley CEng CITP CISSP MSc * InfoSec Reviews *

Rese�a del editor:

Are millions of Facebook and MySpace users right to share so much personal data online? New technologies are radically changing the way we communicate and interact, but they also hold the potential to undermine our privacy and threaten our security. Vast amounts of personal data on private individuals are being generated from a wide range of sources including social networking sites, government databases and even the humble supermarket loyalty card. As government and commercial organisations begin to share and exploit (and even lose) this information, Karen Lawrence �qvist discusses the wider implications of these developments. How do we safeguard our privacy and protect our children in this new Information Society, where the rules of engagement have not yet been defined?

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