This book examines how the data being collected by businesses and the government can result in a society where nothing is secret. The author points to many examples of how data is used in ways that most people don't realize. It also talks about how people are willing to give up their privacy in exchange for convenience. Some of the most interesting parts dealt with face recognition systems used to keep tabs on known criminals.
New York Times April 28, 2002, Book Review?
Fascinating book. Fascinating man. Why didn't Amazon reprint the New York Times review of this book (William J. Holstein, NYT April 28, 2002)?
Don't support this guy
This book sounds like an intelligent read, full of insights on technological breakthroughs, etc.. It's not. Do you have that one guy at work, let's say, that just complains all of the time? The guy that sounds so darn whiny that you just want to slap him? That's this author, and that's this book. I mean, really, dude, who doesn't support non-lethal weapons? You're trying to sound so smart and informed about the subject. When's the last time you were standing in from of a crowd of fifty somewhere outside Balad? Moron. Just another one of those Fox News "military analysts". I'm glad I went war to support your right to publish such drivel.
Good & bad view of Digital Technology
Easy to read review of what digital technology is going to promise us in the future - both good & bad.It's not intended to scare, nor to defend the undefendable, but it gives a good all round review in an easy entertaining style.