{"product_id":"9781501314889","title":"Password","description":"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere does a password end and an identity begin? A person might be more than his chosen ten-character combination, but does a bank know that? Or an email provider? What's an 'identity theft' in the digital age if not the unauthorized use of a password? In untangling the histories, cultural contexts and philosophies of the password, Martin Paul Eve explores how 'what we know' became 'who we are', revealing how the modern notion of identity has been shaped by the password. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRanging from ancient Rome and the 'watchwords' of military encampments, through the three-factor authentication systems of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter \u003c\/i\u003eand up to the biometric scanner in the iPhone, \u003ci\u003ePassword \u003c\/i\u003emakes a timely and important contribution to our understanding of the words, phrases and special characters that determine our belonging and, often, our being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126965485808,"sku":"9781501314889","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501314889_p0.jpg?v=1763708114","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501314889","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}