Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century by Simson Garfinkel
English | Jan 11, 2000 | ISBN: 1565926536 | 388 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | Jan 11, 2000 | ISBN: 1565926536 | 388 Pages | PDF | 5 MB
As the 21st century dawns, advances in technology endanger our privacy in ways never before imagined. Direct marketers and retailers track our every purchase; surveillance cameras observe our movements; mobile phones will soon report our location to those who want to track us; government eavesdroppers listen in on private communications; misused medical records turn our bodies and our histories against us; and linked databases assemble detailed consumer profiles used to predict and influence our behavior.