Examines the controversy over issues of privacy in relation to the advancements in computer technology, and and raises questions regarding such topics as monitoring e-mail, inspecting medical and financial records without the knowledge or consent of those whose information it is.
Presents a collection of fifteen essays that address the issue of privacy rights and liberties, and covers such topics as the Patriot Act, identity thefts, employee and medical rights, facial recognition technology, and more.
Examines how blogs, social network sites, chatrooms, and other sites have violated the privacy of those who use them, and describes how the Internet is being transformed into a venue for gossip and rumors.
Contains an investigative report by "Washington Post" reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr. that uncovers the links between current trends in surveillance technologies, information profiling, and its ties to the U.S. government through anti-terror initiatives.
how major corporations and government plan to track your every move with RFID
Albrecht, Katherine
2005
Reveals how major corporations are planning to place small radio frequency identification devices into all consumer products in order to track trends, movements, and consumer practices, and argues that these devices will further limit personal freedoms and lead to an over-watched society.
Presents a history of national identification, new technologies deigned to track people, and offers a collection of essays that imagine a future of resistance against a government tracking its citizens.
