Virtual Shadows: Your Privacy in the Information Society

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A fascinating look at the implications of the latest technological developments on our privacy - buy your copy today!

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A fascinating look at the implications of the latest technological developments on our privacy - buy your copy today!Virtual Shadowsprovides a fascinating glimpse into the new information society of the 21st Century. It covers a diverse range of topics which span the 4 key areas of privacy (Information, bodily, communications and territorial), where the rules of play have not yet been clearly defined, much less understood.


This book look at the world of Web 2.0 and social networking sites, set against a backdrop of endemic surveillance and tracking in the real world. Both are changing the way we communicate and interact, but as technology blurs the gap between virtual and reality, what are the implications for our safety and privacy and that of our children?
Subjects covered include:

• Social networking
• Blogging
• Second Life
• Cyber bullying
• Biometric passports
• DNA databases
• ID Cards and identity theft
• Data mining
• CCTV
• Wire-tapping
• Supermarket loyalty schemes
• Mobile phones
• GPS and RFID

Key Features and Benefits:

• An overview of how the latest technologies impact on our own personal privacy - topics covered include social networking, blogging and biometric passports, and much, much more. Giving you a thorough understanding of the privacy issues surrounding these technologies.
• Gives you the information you and your organisation's employees need in order to avoid indentify theft.
• A thoroughly up-to-date reference, so you can be assured much of the content in the book covers the latest issues affecting the topics covered.

Author: Karen Lawrence Öqvist
Publisher: British Computer Society (BCS)
ISBN 10: 1906124094
ISBN 13: 9781906124090
Pages: 224
Format: Softcover
Published Date: 5 January 2009
Availability: In Stock

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