Dragnet nation : a quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance / Julia Angwin.
2015
JC596 .A5 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Dragnet nation : a quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance / Julia Angwin.
Author
Angwin, Julia, author.
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
ISBN
9781250060860 paperback
1250060869 paperback
1250060869 paperback
Published
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
298 pages ; 21 cm
Call Number
JC596 .A5 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.448
Summary
Online ads from websites you've visited... smartphones and cars transmitting your location... data-gathering surveillance operations across the Internet and on your phone lines. You are being watched.... Angwin offers 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. She argues that the greatest long-term danger is that we start to internalize the surveillance and censor our words and thoughts, until we lose our freedom. Appalled at such a prospect, Angwin conducts a series of experiments to try to protect herself.
"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."--Publisher information.
"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."--Publisher information.
Note
Reprint with new afterword. Originally published: New York : Times Books, 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-282) and index.
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Table of Contents
Hacked
A short history of tracking
State of surveillance
Freedom of association
Threat models
The audit
The first line of defense
Leaving Google
Introducing Ida
Pocket litter
Opting out
The hall of mirrors
Lonely codes
Fighting fear
The unfairness doctrine.
A short history of tracking
State of surveillance
Freedom of association
Threat models
The audit
The first line of defense
Leaving Google
Introducing Ida
Pocket litter
Opting out
The hall of mirrors
Lonely codes
Fighting fear
The unfairness doctrine.