Description: Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance by Julia Angwin (Hardcover, 2014) ABOUT THE BOOK An inside look at who's watching you, what they know and why it matters. We are being watched. We see online ads from websites we've visited, long after we've moved on to other interests. Our smartphones and cars transmit our location, enabling us to know what's in the neighborhood but also enabling others to track us. And the federal government, we recently learned, has been conducting a massive data-gathering surveillance operation across the Internet and on our phone lines. In Dragnet Nation, award-winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin reports from the front lines of America's surveillance economy, offering a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, private companies, and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data. In a world where we can be watched in our own homes, where we can no longer keep secrets, and where we can be impersonated, financially manipulated, or even placed in a police lineup, Angwin argues that the greatest long-term danger is that we start to internalize the surveillance and censor our words and thoughts, until we lose the very freedom that makes us unique individuals. Appalled at such a prospect, Angwin conducts a series of experiments to try to protect herself, ranging from quitting Google to carrying a "burner" phone, showing how difficult it is for an average citizen to resist the dragnets' reach. Her book is a cautionary tale for all of us, with profound implications for our values, our society, and our very selves.
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Book Title: Dragnet Nation : a Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
Item Length: 9.5in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Julia Angwin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Privacy, Privacy & Surveillance (See Also Social Science / Privacy & Surveillance), Civil Rights, Security (National & International), Information Technology
Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Computers, Law, Political Science
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
