Table of Contents

1 Privacy Under Attack 2 Database Nation 3 Absolute Identification 4 What Did You Do Today? 5 The View from Above 6 To Know Your Future 7 Buy Now! 8 Who Owns Your Information? 9 Kooks and Terrorists 10 Excuse Me, but Are You Human? 11 Privacy Now! Annotated Bibliography and Notes Acknowledgments

About the Author

Simson Garfinkel is a journalist, entrepreneur, and international authority on computer security. Garfinkel writes a weekly column for computer users, Simson Says, that appears in the print and online versions of The Boston Globe. Garfinkel is a frequent contributor to Wired Magazine, and his articles have appeared in more than 50 publications, including ComputerWorld, Forbes, The New York Times, and Technology Review. This is Garfinkel's ninth book. His other books include Architects of the Information Society, PGP: Pretty Good Privacy, Web Security & Commerce, Stopping Spam, and Practical Unix & Internet Security.

Reviews

If you have a computer with Intel's "processor serial number," own a pet with an embedded "radio frequency identification device," use ATMs and credit cards, and shop on the Internet, privacy is almost a nonexistent concept, because your every move is being tracked and stored somewhere for future use. Garfinkel, who has reported on computer privacy issues for Wired and other publications, is an exceptional writer who clearly understands his topic; here he explores today's threats to privacy and how they might be stopped. This is for all libraries. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.