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Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Privacy & data protection
In today's world of smart phones, smart grids, and smart cars,
companies are collecting, storing, and sharing more information
about consumers than ever before. Although companies use this
information to innovate and deliver better products and services to
consumers, they should not do so at the expense of consumer
privacy. This book provides an overview for how companies can act
now to implement best practices to protect consumers' private
information. These best practices would include making privacy the
"default setting" for commercial data practices and give consumers
greater control over the collection and use of their personal data
through simplified choices and increased transparency. Implementing
these best practices will enhance trust and stimulate commerce.
Here are two "live" discussions by radical activists introducing
the issues of movement security: u.s. activist and author J. Sakai
& long-time Canadian organizer Mandy Hiscocks.
There are many books and articles reporting state repression, but
not on that subject's more intimate relative, movement security. It
is general practice to only pass along knowledge about movement
security privately, in closed group lectures or by personal
word-of-mouth. In fact, when new activists have questions about
security problems, they quickly discover that there is no "Security
for Dummies" to explore the basics. Adding to the confusion, the
handful of available left security texts are usually about
underground or illegal groups, not the far larger public movements
that work on a more or less legal level.
During Montreal's 2013 Festival of Anarchy, J. Sakai gave a
workshop about the politics of movement security, sharing the
results of typical incidents of both the movement's successes and
the movement's failures in combating the "political police" or
state security agencies. He also discussed the nature of those
state sub-cultures. This booklet contains a transcript of that
talk, and of the subsequent lively question and answer period;
along with several after-the-workshop observations by Sakai.
As he explains, "The key thing is, to start with, security is not
about being macho vigilantes or having techniques of this or that.
It's not some spy game. Security is about good politics. That's
exactly why it's so difficult. But everyone will say that they have
good politics. So this has to be broken down, this has to be
explained." Which is what he does in this unusual talk.
Mandy Hiscocks comes at the topic from her personal experiences
organizing against the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto. In this in-depth
interview, Hiscocks describes how her political scene and groups
she worked with were infiltrated by undercover agents over a year
before the summit even occurred. These police infiltrators provided
information used in the prosecution of anti-Globalization
organizers and participants. Hiscocks provides an honest and
sobering appraisal of the practical challenge of State
infiltration, and of how subsequent decisions played out in regards
to the anti-G20 organizing and the repression that resulted.
Hiscocks spent a year in prison as a result of these experiences,
shortly after this interview was conducted.
Corporate Cyberwar chronicles the daily battle between technical
criminals and law enforcement. As new and advanced ways to cheat
and financially ruin companies are discovered, many authorities not
only have to figure out ways to stop it, but they also have to
create new laws in order to prosecute the perpetrators. This book
addresses how businesses/corporations can protect themselves
against this increasingly vicious attack. To help convey the
importance of protection and awareness, Cyberwar explores two very
important cases, WikiLeaks and Stuxnet. Businesses/corporations are
given a better understanding of such similar attacks in the future.
Corporate Cyberwar does not only focus on problems, it also
provides solutions. There is a point by point explanation of how
Crimeware, Bot Networks and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
take place, which helps businesses/corporations understand exactly
what needs to be done in order to prevent the attacks. Cyberwar is
not only for those with a moderate understanding of technology, it
is also for those with limited understanding of this threat and its
devastating effects.
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