Overview
"No one is exempt from data mining: by owning a smartphone or using social media or credit cards, we hand over private data to corporations and the government. We need to understand how surveillance and data collection operates in order to regain control over our digital freedoms--and our lives. Attorney and data-privacy expert Heidi Boghosian unpacks widespread myths around the seemingly innocuous nature of surveillance, sets the record straight about what government agencies and corporations do with our personal data, and offers solutions to take back our information. I Have Nothing to Hide is both a necessary mass surveillance overview and a reference book. It addresses the misconceptions around tradeoffs between privacy and security, citizen spying, and the ability to design products with privacy protections. Boghosian breaks down misinformation surrounding twenty-one core myths about data privacy, including these: ? ""Surveillance makes the nation safer."" ? ""No one wants to spy on kids."" ? ""Police don't monitor social media."" ? ""Metadata doesn't reveal much about me."" ? ""Congress and the courts protect us from surveillance."" ? ""There's nothing I can do to stop surveillance."" By dispelling myths related to surveillance, this book helps listeners better understand what data is being collected, who is gathering it, how they're doing it, and why it matters."
Full Product Details
Author: Heidi Boghosian ,
Charles Hubbell
Publisher: Beacon Press
Imprint: Beacon Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 12.40cm
Weight: 0.045kg
ISBN: 9781666503746
ISBN 10: 1666503746
Publication Date: 17 August 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Heidi Boghosian is an attorney and the co-host of Law & Disorder Radio. She is the executive director of the A.J. Muste Institute and the former executive director of the National Lawyers Guild. The author of Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance, she has written numerous articles and reports on policing and activism. She received her JD from Temple Law School, where she was the editor in chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review. Charles Hubbell is a talented musician, artist, audiobook narrator, and educator who has loved the arts since he was a child. As an educator, he has taught courses on auditioning, voiceover work, and Shakespeare. In addition to his current work, he also works as a puppeteer. He currently resides with his wife and son in Minneapolis and Los Angeles.
