Book description
From the moment you're born, you enter the data stream-from birth certificates to medical records to what you bought on Amazon last week. As your dossier grows, so do the threats, from identity thieves to government snoops to companies who want to sell you something. Computer Privacy Annoyances shows you how to regain control of your life. You'll learn how to keep private information private, stop nosy bosses, get off that incredibly annoying mailing list, and more. Unless you know what data is available about you and how to protect it, you're a sitting duck. Computer Privacy Annoyances is your guide to a safer, saner, and more private life. Written by privacy pro Dan Tynan, and based on interviews with privacy experts from all over the globe, Computer Privacy Annoyances serves up real-world advice in bite-sized portions that will help you stop the snoops in their tracks. The book even addresses non-computing threats, from telemarketer-cum-stalkers, thieves at your mailbox, nosy folks in your HR department, cell phone eavesdroppers, and more. The key areas covered include:
Privacy at Home
Privacy on the Net
Privacy at Work
Privacy in Public
Privacy and Uncle Sam
Privacy in the Future
Daniel Tynan has written about Internet privacy and security for nearly a decade. His work has appeared in more than 40 national publications. As executive editor at PC World, Tynan edited a special issue on Internet Privacy that won a Grand Neal Award and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He has won more than a dozen other honors, including nine Neals, four Maggies, and two Computer Press Association Awards.
Table of contents
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Computer Privacy Annoyances
- Introduction
- 1. PRIVACY AT RISK
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2. PRIVACY AT HOME
- MY DATA, MYSELF
- HOME SWEET NETWORKS
- CELL PHONES
- TELEMARKETING, JUNK MAIL, AND FAXES
- IDENTITY THEFT
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3. PRIVACY ON THE NET
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BROWSING AROUND
- Erase Your Browser’s Footprints, Part 1
- Erase Your Browser’s Footprints, Part Deux
- Make Web Forms Shoot Blanks
- Rewrite Netscape’s History
- Maximum Privacy, Maximum Headaches
- Tell People Finders to Get Lost
- Fend off Cyber Stalkers
- Make Ad Weasels Go Pop
- Spies You Should Despise
- Die Spy Die!
- Change Browsers and Dance
- Shoot the Messenger
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EMAIL
- Spam Bam, No Thank You Ma’am
- Whose Address Is It, Anyway?
- Nix Those Nasty Pix
- Declare War on Spam, Part I
- Declare War on Spam, Part Deux
- There Oughta Be a Law. Wait, There Is a Law!
- Fight Fire with Water
- Don’t Bank on It
- Watching the (Digital) Detectives
- Swat Web Bugs
- Enquiring Minds Don’t Really Want to Know
- Free Web Mail, Free Spam
- HACKERS, VIRUSES, AND WORMS—OH MY!
- ONLINE SHOPPING
- ONLINE FILE SWAPPING
- KIDS AND THE NET
- PRIVACY @ LARGE
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BROWSING AROUND
- 4. PRIVACY AT WORK
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5. PRIVACY IN PUBLIC
- AT THE STORE
- LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS
- ON THE ROAD
- AT THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE
- AT THE BANK
- MISCELLANEOUS
- 6. PRIVACY AND UNCLE SAM
- 7. Privacy in the Future
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Computer Privacy Annoyances
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2005
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596007751
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