World Without Secrets - Business, Crime, and Privacy in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing

Zusatztext "...the book [World Without Secrets] is important -- it contains fresh thinking! a rarity these days" (New York Times! April 28! 2002)"delivers a first-rate explanation...writes expertly and urgently about the panoply of internet-related problems.... This is an important book which sheds thought-provoking light..." (BookPage! August 2002)"...I would however definitely recommend this book as it certainly is an interesting! if not a little chilling! read..." (M2 Best Books! 5 September 2002)"...an excellent introduction to contemporary attitudes towards and policies of surveillance..." (Free Pint! 31 October 2002)"...written with a mixture of eloquence and frivolity that makes the book hard to put down...it is carefully crafted from numerous interviews with people...to create a well-rounded and multi-faced story..." (The Times Higher Educational Supplement! 15 November 2002) Informationen zum Autor RICHARD HUNTER is Vice President, Security Research, GartnerG2, the strategic business growth division of Gartner, Inc., the world's largest technology research firm. Hunter is internationally renowned for his expertise in technology and security, cybercrime, information management, and privacy. He was formerly Vice President and Director of Research for Applications Development at Gartner. Hunter earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University with a concentration in music and is also a world-class harmonica virtuoso. He works in Gartner's headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, and lives nearby. Klappentext World Without Secrets "Richard Hunter has seen the future, and it's really scary. If you ever plan to do anything wrong, you need to read this book. If you suspect that someone will ever try to do anything wrong to you, you also need to read it. I believe that covers pretty much all of us."-Thomas H. Davenport, Director, Accenture Institute for Strategic Change, Distinguished Scholar, Babson College "Like a laser, Hunter gets directly to the heart of the issues for business and society in computer security. He understands and delineates issues and nonissues of cybercrime and cyberwar and provides provocative thought on new social structures affecting current and future security issues. A strongly recommended read for anyone concerned about cybersecurity and the coming cyberwars."-Dr. Bill Hancock, CISSP, Vice President, Security and Chief Security Officer, Exodus, a cable and wireless company To some it's a dream come true; to others it's the stuff of nightmares-a world of ubiquitous computing in which human beings are surrounded by smart, aware, always-on machines that monitor, record, and analyze most or all of what goes on around them. World Without Secrets takes you on a chilling tour of the near future and the hard realities of what's to come, from the home without secrets to the Network Army, from mentats to the exception economy. Don't enter the future unprepared. Read World Without Secrets and learn how to protect your business from information crime, seize emerging opportunities, and survive and succeed in a new environment that is as dangerous as it is promising. Zusammenfassung With today's rapid evolution and deployment of new information and computing technologies, the "age of ubiquitous computing" is upon us. Human beings will be, to an ever greater extent, surrounded by machines that monitor, record, and analyze everything that occurs around them, leading to a world in which secrets are almost impossible to keep. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Everything You Need to Know before We Start xix A Brief History of the Next 10 Years xxi Chapter 1: 1 Why Won't They Leave Me Alone? The Power of Names and Numbers 2 What Does It Take to Create a Universe? 3 Crossing Over 5 More Data, More Power, Few Controls 6 ...

List of contents

Preface.
 
Acknowledgements.
 
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE START.
 
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
 
Why Won't They Leave Me Alone?
 
Streets Without Secrets.
 
Homes Without Secrets.
 
Cars Without Secrets.
 
The N Party System: The Era of the Network Army.
 
Software Without Secrets.
 
The Rise of the Mentat.
 
Distracted Consumers, Mentats, and Timothy McVeigh.
 
In the Exception Economy, Be Exceptional.
 
Art Without Secrets.
 
Crime Without Secrets.
 
War Without Secrets.
 
Digital Pearl Harbor.
 
The Last Secrets.
 
Notes.
 
Index.

Report

"...the book is important -- it contains fresh thinking, a rarity these days.... [Richard Hunter] is always provocative. He gathers impressions and conversations from a surprisingly broad array of sources. He assembles this material into something approaching a coherent whole.... [Richard Hunter's] [i]nsights...are well worth the price of admission to World Without Secrets." (New York Times, April 28, 2002)
 
World Without Secrets: Business, Crime and Privacy in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing by Richard Hunter delivers a first-rate explanation of the impact of technology on the public, government, business and communities. Hunter, who is vice president and director of security research for GartnerG2, a division of the world's largest technology research firm, writes expertly and urgently about the panoply of internet-related problems each of these diverse groups will face in the years ahead. "There's way too much information-about everything-out there now, and it's going to get a lot worse," Hunter argues. Because technologies arrive at different times, their impacts are cumulative. We don't see the true effects of a technology's use until long after that technology has invaded our everyday world. Looking forward, Hunter describes a world in which loss of privacy, technological terrorism and the heist of artistic rights are a foregone conclusion. This is an important book which sheds thought-provoking light on the slippery slope we are descending when it comes to Internet technology. (BookPage, August 2002)
 
"...I would however definitely recommend this book as it certainly is an interesting, if not a little chilling, read..." (M2 Best Books, 5 September 2002)
 
"...an excellent introduction to contemporary attitudes towards and policies of surveillance..." (Free Pint, 31 October 2002)
 
"...written with a mixture of eloquence and frivolity that makes the book hard to put down...it is carefully crafted from numerous interviews with people...to create a well-rounded and multi-faced story..." (The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 15 November 2002)

Product details

• Authors: R Hunter, R Lanny Hunter, R. L. Hunter, R. Lanny Hunter, Richard Hunter, Richard S Hunter, Richard S. Hunter, Hunter Richard S.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780471218166
• ISBN: 978-0-471-21816-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Computerkriminalität, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Unternehmenstechnologie, Business Technology