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Author Angwin, Julia, author.

Title Dragnet nation : a quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance / Julia Angwin.

Publication Info. New York : Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  323.448 ANGWIN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  323.448 ANG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.44 AN48    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  323.44 ANGWIN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  323.44 ANGWIN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  323.44 ANGWIN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  323.44 AN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 289 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-274) and index.
Contents Hacked -- A short history of tracking -- State of surveillance -- Freedom of association -- Threat models -- The audit -- The first line of defense -- Leaving Google -- Introducing Ida -- Pocket litter -- Opting out -- The hall of mirrors -- Lonely codes -- Fighting fear -- The unfairness doctrine.
Summary Online ads from websites you've visited... smartphones and cars transmitting your location... data-gathering surveillance operations across the Internet and on your phone lines. You are being watched.... Angwin offers a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, private companies, and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data. She argues that the greatest long-term danger is that we start to internalize the surveillance and censor our words and thoughts, until we lose our freedom. Appalled at such a prospect, Angwin conducts a series of experiments to try to protect herself.
Local Note PLNVNONFIC
Subject Privacy, Right of.
Electronic surveillance.
National security -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Civil rights.
ISBN 0805098070 (hardcover)
9780805098075 (hardcover)
9780805098082 (electronic copy)
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