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You-- for sale : protecting your personal data and privacy online / Stuart Sumner ; Mike Rispoli, technical editor.

Author/creator Sumner, Stuart
Other author/creatorRispoli, Mike.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; New York : Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
Descriptionxx, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from eBook - Computer Science 2015 [EBCCS15]
Subject(s)
Portion of title You for sale
Portion of title Protecting your personal data and privacy online
Contents Introduction -- The Snowden revelations -- Supermarkets and data brokers -- Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the concept of evil -- Social media and the dangers of over-sharing -- Security, spear phishing, and social engineering -- Privacy and the law -- Privacy and health -- The Internet of things and the (not so) Smart Grid -- Biometrics and the future.
Abstract The book sets the scene by spelling out exactly what most users of the Internet and smart phones are exposing themselves to via commonly used sites and apps such as Facebook and Google, and then tells you what you can do to protect yourself. The book also covers legal and government issues as well as future trends. With interviews of leading security experts, black market data traders, law enforcement and privacy groups, the book will help you view your personal data in a new light, and understand both its value, and its danger.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015945973
ISBN9780128034057 (paperback)
ISBN012803405X (paperback)

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