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

By: Sumner, Stuart [author.]Contributor(s): Rispoli, Mike [technical editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam ; New York : Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xx, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780128034057 (paperback); 012803405X (paperback)Other title: You for sale | Protecting your personal data and privacy onlineSubject(s): Data protection | Computer crimes -- Prevention | Cyberspace -- Security measures | Identity theft -- Prevention | Computer security | Computer security | Data protectionDDC classification: 658.4/78 LOC classification: HV6675 | .S87 2016
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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