Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385539002 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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MARC GOODMAN has spent a career in law enforcement and technology. He has served as a street police officer, senior adviser to Interpol and futurist-in-residence with the FBI. As the founder of the Future Crimes Institute and the Chair for Policy, Law, and Ethics at Silicon Valley’s Singularity University, he continues to investigate the intriguing and often terrifying intersection of science and security, uncovering nascent threats and combating the darker sides of technology.
To date, no computer has been created that could not be hacked—a sobering fact given our radical dependence on these machines for everything from our nation’s power grid to air traffic control to financial services. Yet, as ubiquitous as technology seems today, just over the horizon is a tidal wave of scientific progress that will leave our heads spinning. Implantable medical devices such as pacemakers can be hacked to deliver a lethal jolt of electricity and a car’s brakes can be disabled at high speed from miles away. These fields hold the power to create a world of unprecedented abundance and prosperity. NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2015One of the world’s leading authorities on global security, Marc Goodman takes readers deep into the digital underground to expose the alarming ways criminals, corporations, and even countries are using new and em
"Snitching refrigerators. Snooping cable boxes. GPS-tracking underwear. The "Internet of Things"" according to Fair and Honest. There are some places where the Internet just doesn't belong. This book tells of pacemakers being hacked, planes being landed remotely, and power grids shut down by kids. And the stories get much, much freakier. I've long wondered why society has rushed to make everything web-connected without questioning (or preventing) the very real dangers such technology exposes us to daily. And apparently this is just the beginning, as our entire lives are being run by the Internet. I used to laugh at George Orwell's book "198Snitching refrigerators. Snooping cable boxes. GPS-tracking underwear. The "Internet of Things" Fair and Honest There are some places where the Internet just doesn't belong. This book tells of pacemakers being hacked, planes being landed remotely, and power grids shut down by kids. And the stories get much, much freakier. I've long wondered why society has rushed to make everything web-connected without questioning (or preventing) the very real dangers such technology exposes us to daily. And apparently this is just the beginning, as our entire lives are being run by the Internet. I used to laugh at George Orwell's book "1984" -- this book shows that it's really happening.. " -- this book shows that it's really happening.. Steven Ramirez said Writing a High-Tech Thriller? Buy This Book!. Okay, you can read a bunch of reviews about how scary and real this book is—about how it will open your eyes to what is really going on in cyber-hell, and how we’re probably all going to die, broke, exposed and asking for our mommies. But I decided to go in a different direction with this review. Yes, this book scared the crap out of me with its thorough exploration of the Dark Net and all of the sleazy characters who inhabit it. And yes, we do have a lot to fear regarding our computers, smart phones and wearables, which I am henceforth referring to as “hackables.”But as an author who is intere. A warning-hopefully in time This is an important book, albeit scary and overwhelming. I never knew anything about the Dark Web before; now I know. Dread Pirate Roberts, the creator of the Silk Road marketplace, was sentenced to life in prison today - there will undoubtedly be 10 more to take his place. As the author states, problems of cybercrime and cybersecurity are for governments and large corporations to solve. I wish there were more in the book about what individuals could do to protect themselves. The author recommends checking his website for more information for individuals - probably because whatever comes out in print will quickly bec
includes titles like "futurist-in-residence with the FBI," you've seen who's creeping through those internet pipes, and it's harrowing; his litany of cyber criminals and their multitudinous misdeeds are often shocking in their inventiveness and audacity, and Goodman brings the nightmares one after another at an almost breathless pace. More than that seems like work, and stories of data theft have become so ubiquitous that a certain amount of desensitization is probably inevitable. An Best Book of the Month for March 2015: It won't surprise many people to read that computers, networks, and personal information are under constant attack. My only quibble is with the title, which implies a coming threat. --Jon Foro. But not all is hopeless--Goodman aims to educate, offering from high-level policy to practical layman's advice for buttoning down your own data. Most of us install a commonly available anti-virus program, mind our clicks, and hope for