{"product_id":"9780596550646","title":"Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eFifty years ago, in \u003ci\u003e1984,\u003c\/i\u003e George Orwell imagined a future in  which privacy was demolished by a totalitarian state that used spies,  video surveillance, historical revisionism, and control over the media  to maintain its power. Those who worry about personal privacy and  identity--especially in this day of technologies that encroach upon  these rights--still use Orwell's \"Big Brother\" language to discuss  privacy issues. But the reality is that the age of a monolithic Big  Brother is over. And yet the threats are perhaps even more likely to  destroy the rights we've assumed were ours.\u003ci\u003eDatabase Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e shows  how, in these early years of the 21st century, 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. Privacy--the most  basic of our civil rights--is in grave peril.Simson Garfinkel--journalist, entrepreneur, and international authority  on computer security--has devoted his career to testing new technologies  and warning about their implications. This newly revised update of the  popular hardcover edition of \u003ci\u003eDatabase Nation \u003c\/i\u003e is his compelling  account of how invasive technologies will affect our lives in the coming  years. It's a timely, far-reaching, entertaining, and thought-provoking  look at the serious threats to privacy facing us today. The book poses a  disturbing question: how can we protect our basic rights to privacy,  identity, and autonomy when technology is making invasion and control  easier than ever before?Garfinkel's captivating blend of journalism, storytelling, and futurism  is a call to arms. It will frighten, entertain, and ultimately convince  us that we must take action now to protect our privacy and identity  before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O'Reilly Media, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173205131504,"sku":"9780596550646","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780596550646_p0.jpg?v=1763724871","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780596550646","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}