Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Computers - General Information    4. Finance    5. Information Technology    6. Internet    7. Knowledge management    8. Media & the Law    9. Personal Finance - General    10. Personal information management    11. Law / Media & the Law    12. Law | Technology and Telecoms Law    13. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    14. Social theory   

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Outdated. Some examples are not practical
Somewhat outdated.
Solid advice from a true believer
I carefully read the first edition of the book approximately 7 years ago.Though I didn't perceive at the time that I had a need for "invisibility", I adopted several of the recommendations in the book simply because they made me feel more comfortable.I was subsequently harrassed by a disgruntled former employee.At least one overt act of his was thwarted by my privacy measures.How many others, I'll never know.Every bit of energy and money I'd invested in my privacy was paid back and then some.
Excellent book on Privacy Techniques!
This is an excellent book on privacy techniques.What I like about it is that JJ Luna discusses various levels of privacy, and I have found that the more privacy you want, the more time/effort you will have to go through to maintain it.He talks about how to go about receiving your mail, where to choose to live, how use the phone, how to pay people, and how to title assets more privately.I like this book because JJ Luna does not try to force a one size fits all agenda upon people, but lets the reader decide on what level of privacy is right for them. There are varying levels of privacy which can be obtained for each one, depending on your circumstances (e.g. family, job, etc).Of course, the more privacy you want, the more you will have to sacrifice, but most of these techniques are simple and won't take too much extra time out of your week.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Computer security    3. Identification    4. Personal Finance    5. Personal Finance - General    6. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Privacy, Right of    9. Right of privacy    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Computers - Computer Security    2. Insurance - Risk Assessment & Management    3. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    4. Political Science    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Reference    7. Security - General    8. Computers / Security    9. Data security & data encryption   

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must read
This book is the best complete statement of the second wave of internet scholarship.If you ever thought that the net destroyed the significance of geography, or that cyberspace should be thought of as a real place, you owe it to yourself to see how things are really turning out.

a must-read for people interested in Internet law
This book lucidly debunks the notion that the Internet inherently possesses territorial independence or extra-legality, mostly by clearly laying out various ways that governments can (and do) enact enforceable restrictions upon Internet content and behavior. Recommended.

Why the bordered Internet is necessary
"Who Controls the Internet?" by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu offers a clear-eyed assessment of the struggle to control the Internet. Starting with a discussion of the early vision of a borderless global community, the authors present some of the most prominent individuals, ideas and movements that have played key roles in developing the Internet as we know it today. As Law Professors at Harvard and Columbia, respectively, Mr. Goldsmith and Mr. Wu adroitly assert the important role of government in maintaining Internet law and order while skillfully debunking the claims of techno-utopianism that have been espoused by popular but misinformed theorists such as Thomas Friedman.
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Subjects:  1. Communications    2. Computer - Internet    3. Computer Books: Internet General    4. Computers    5. Government policy    6. Internet    7. Internet - General    8. Law and legislation    9. Social Aspects - General    10. Social Policy    11. Social aspects    12. Communications law    13. Computers / Internet / General    14. English law: computers & the law    15. International communications & telecommunications law    16. International economic & trade law    17. Law | Technology and Telecoms Law   

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Tremendous resource
This book is an immense collection of research on the application of complex systems to urban spatial analysis. While this book is not extensive and is probably not meant as a textbook on complex systems in its entirety, I highly recommend it for those interested in urban spatial analysis. The applications of the techniques go beyond geography and are useful in sociology, economics, or urban planning. A caveat that I should add is that the book is quite dense with methods and formulas and is probably not best to approach this book without some knowledge of advanced statistics. However, the theoretical overviews provided more than allow for those without this background to get something out of it. In short, if you are a graduate student, professor, or researcher I'd recommend this book for an insightful and important take on the nature of cities and urban analysis. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. City planning    2. Computer simulation    3. Mathematical models    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    8. Simulation models    9. Political Science / City Planning & Urban Development    10. Urban & municipal planning    11. Urban communities   

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Fun to read
A sequel to his prior book, "the evolution of cooperation". Great Companion to'The Evolution of Cooperation'
This books covers what Robert Axelrod been up to since "The Evolution of Cooperation." Extensions to the original "Prisoner's Dilemma" have required new agent behaviors for stable solutions. Read more

Subjects:  1. Adaptability (Psychology)    2. Adjustment (Psychology)    3. Competition    4. Conflict management    5. Cooperativeness    6. History & Theory - General    7. Personal Growth - Success    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Social Science    11. Sociology - General    12. Computer modelling & simulation    13. Economics    14. Political Science / History & Theory    15. Political Science and International Relations    16. Social research & statistics   

Editorial Review

Sherry Turkle is rapidly becoming the sociologist of the Internet, and that's beginning to seem like a good thing. While her first outing, Read more

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general comment
Turkle's book is one of the first ethnographies published on virtual communities and how we construct and reconstruct our senses of identity through the internet. It is therefore an important starting point for anyone with a general interest in this area research.Since this book was originally published however there has been a significant amount of work done on virtual communities and self-identity on the WWW that differs somewhat from Turkle's.Therefore although I highly recommend the book I also suggest that you take the time to explore this subject area more broadly before drawing any conclusions.

Relevant & Important
Turkle's research findings are mind-boggling, exciting, terrifying, and (whether we like what we see or not) revealing. We see, here, glimpses of the future as a place where the real and virtual collide. Where who we are and how we think will differ markedly from all we've taken for granted in the old familiar pre-Info-Age. Anyone who works with children or adolescents of the Info-Age should read this book! I recommend it, along with the more up-to-date work by Don Tapscott.

Lots on Bots
This book isn't for the newbie, but if you're already familiar with computers and what's possible on the Internet but haven't yet explored the world of MUDS and the like, this is one of the most informative and fascinating looks at the virtual world that you'll come across. Even more interesting are the questions that Turkle poses regarding self-identity and what the "self" is given the new "non"-environment we call cyberspace.Though offering few answers, the author introduces us to a future world of seemingly infinite possibilities for self-exploration and challenges us to ponder its implications for who we are, how we define ourselves, and how we interact with one another. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer networks    3. Computers    4. Computers and civilization    5. Internet - General    6. Mental Health    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Psychological aspects    9. Reference - General    10. Social aspects    11. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    12. Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Computers - Languages / Programming    2. Essays    3. Political Science    4. Politics/International Relations    5. Programming Languages - SQL    6. SQL   

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Internet for peace and for war
The book studies the Internet for peace and war. Mostly about peacetime activities. Like encouraging a greater youth participation in civic matters in the US. The early prospects are positive. The massive uptake of the Internet by the young, on a constant daily basis, offers rewards to political parties that can tap into this behaviour.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Internet General    2. Computers    3. Congresses    4. Government - General    5. Information technology    6. Internet    7. Internet - General    8. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    9. Political aspects    10. Political participation    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Technological innovations    13. Impact of computing & IT on society    14. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    15. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Cartography    2. Computer Mapping    3. Computer programs    4. Earth Sciences - Geography    5. Geographic information systems    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Remote Sensing    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Geodesy & surveying for maps & charts    10. Geographical information systems (GIS)    11. Science / Geography   

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designing exchange conversations in a new historical style
Steven's book brings a rich articulation of the social practices innovations unleashed by the Open Source collective: a new understanding of private property that better fit the tech forces and the challenges of the present. His book it is not a model; it is not the list of the 10 reasons why...; it is not the defense of an emerging theory; but an historical account in which anecdotes, facts, historical moment, tentative hypothesis, set the background to allows the reader to reshape her/his own questions. The book gave me a perspective I have been testing with IT architects, programmers, software designers...I feel myself much more prepare to engage in conversations about the future in a meaningful and effective way. Thanks to the author!

all the major players in open source
For the serious reader (and who indeed thinks open source is hilarious?), Weber provides a detailed history of how this idea developed. He traces it from the advent of unix in the 1970s, and the generous (ie. low fees) licensing terms by ATT. Which led to the BSD Unix that flourished in the 80s. Also during this time, GNU took off.
A Real Page Turner
I'm a commercial software developer, and found the author's history of the UNIX culture and the story of its evolution into what we now call Open Source to be fascinating. That alone made it a good read for me. Add in the thought provoking analysis of the "whys" (the real point of this book), and it's a killer combo.
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Subjects:  1. Computers - Languages / Programming    2. Industries - Computer Industry    3. Open source software    4. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    5. Political Science    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Programming - Software Development    8. Computer Programming    9. Current Events / Law    10. Economic theory & philosophy    11. Information technology industries   

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Thanks to the missing .75 cents...
We get an incredibly engaging page-turner of an astronomer/system manager tracking down a foreign hacker. Cliff Stoll genuinely struggles and questions his own actions not knowing whether he is doggedly tracing some hapless student or a nefarious spy. In the end he overcomes his Berkeley counterculture distrust of all those three letter gov't agencies and develops a respect for their work if not their inability to coordinate or communicate interdepartmentally. He becomes a security expert they all seek but laments the lack of openness and the attack on trust that is required in the academic world in order to facilitate networking and the exchange of ideas. A really good story and there is a pretty good recipe for chocolate cookies on page 155.

Nice reading with good technical coverage
"The Cuckoo's Egg" is a good book on computer hacking and espionage . It covers well all technical aspects involved in the case, stuff like UNIX, Tymnet and the very begining of system cracking.
Berkley Unix?
I really liked this book.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Crime    2. Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations    3. Espionage    4. Intelligence Agencies    5. Literary Criticism    6. Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence    7. Political Science    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Security - General    10. True Crime / Espionage   

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Hezbollah has 500 sites, 250 originating in the US

Fear mongering and calls for government intervention
Mr. Weimann from Israel wants American government control over access to certain Internet websites so that terrorists won't be able to communicate; or perhaps the real reason is to block Moslem news and propaganda so that we will be exposed only to Israeli slanted news and propaganda.That way the US can continue to support Israeli efforts at ethnic cleansing from all the land which they say God promised them.

Terror on the Internet
Good book to get a clear picture of how terrorists now use the Internet as a central part of their operations. Weimann is a well-respected scholar who cleary has his finger on the pulse of modern terrorism. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer network resources    2. Hate groups    3. Internet - Security    4. Internet - World Wide Web    5. Internet and communications    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    8. Political Science    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Terrorism    12. Internet    13. Political Science / General    14. Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle   

Subjects:  1. City planning    2. Computers - General Information    3. Earth Sciences - Geography    4. General    5. Geographic information systems    6. Information Systems (Geography)    7. Political Science    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Programming - General    11. Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.    12. Urban Planning    13. Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS)    14. Computers / General    15. Urban & municipal planning   

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Erroneous Information re John E. Holt
Statement that John E. Holt, an official of the General Services Administration proposed connecting all the goverments computers together in a Network called FEDNET is false. Statement that Vice President Gerald Ford had Holt demoted is also false.
Privacy education even at the gym!
I take your Ben Franklin privacy book to the gym...I can't tell you how many people are intrigued by the title. You can open to any chapter, and still be educated. I love it.
Broad and accurate - a wonderful book
Ben Franklin's Web Site is a wonderful book - clear, detailed, engaging, hype-free. Read more

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. History    3. History / United States / General    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Practical Guides    9. Privacy, Right of    10. United States    11. Computers    12. Social aspects    13. United States - General   

Subjects:  1. Analysis of variance    2. Computer programs    3. General    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Political Process - General    6. Political Science    7. Political statistics    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Mathematical & statistical software   

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Another Hit from Stross
As in his other books - ACCELERANDO, IRON SUNRISE and SINGULARITY SKY, this is a novel of post- Singularity, after the non-biological entity has become conscious and evolved with a terrifying speed into the Eschaton which is beyond human comprehension.
Hacker Jargon meets HP Lovecraft
A fun romp of a story, laugh out loud funny in some of the early bits - though that changes when the book changes to a darker tone later on.
Everything I love
This book has everything for me:pithy jokes from the hellish cube-farms of computer support (where I currently endure), secret, shadowy government agencies, magic, demons, secret agents, Cthuloid monstrosities lurking at the gate.I could go on but I think that the Laundry might be monitoring my ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fantasy - General    2. Fiction    3. Fiction - Science Fiction    4. Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)    5. Horror - General    6. Horror Fiction    7. Intelligence service    8. Mystery And Suspense Fiction    9. Mystery/Suspense    10. Office politics    11. Science Fiction - General    12. Suspense    13. Fiction / Fantasy / General    14. Bargain   

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Pavlichev and Garson
This book demonstrates the state of the art in digital government.Rather than writing about what e-government could be, the authors take a reasoned look at the topic.The book is therefore neither overly optimistic nor is it hand wringingly critical.The international dimension is handled nicely in several chapters that extend the analysis to countries outside the US. Solid contribution to the Electronic Government Literature
Pavlichev and Garson provide a beneficial and thorough treatment of electronic/digital government, examining technical, management and policy issues with both theory and practice. For both students and practitioners of electronic/digital government, Pavlichev and Garson offer an excellent overview of how we got here, where we are, where we want to go and the challenges along the way.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Electronics - Digital    3. Government & Business    4. Government - State & Provincial    5. Internet - General    6. Internet in public administrat    7. Internet in public administration    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Public Affairs & Administration    10. Technology    11. United States    12. Central government    13. Impact of computing & IT on society   

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Getting back to basics
Identity theft isabout the taking, not of your papers, but of cutting close to the bone of your very being. There are many other areas where we are being manipulated by the 1%'s (The one percent who have bought, signed, sealed, and delivered your government down the river).Sadly some of our so-called leaders are buying this corporate program against the will of "we the people".Here are some of the signs of the times just around the corner or already here.

It is real ,but helas it is not new !
I realized the control of all governments and business through power and money at the age of seven (in 1949) in History class (in another country!). You know: Aristocrats and Clergy owned all the lands and the riches and did no work, and the People, who worked very hard and paid heavy taxes. But then at age 7, I believed in Democracy overcoming the centuries of control and surveillance. There had been "people revolutions" afterall giving us this democracy. We had Republics, not Monarchies anymore.
This book WILL scare you...
As scary as this book is, I thank Derrick Jensen and George Draffin for writing the truth. Modern survalence is a threat to our freedom. Anybody who wants to know what those in power are doing to monitor us, or what they plan to do read this book. Not only is it full of facts, but Derrick helps you come to terms with what all of it means. People now-a-days dont have a huge problem with giving up some of their freedom for security. But what those in power are doing with this information is down right scary, and un-acceptable. It is a quick read too. It will bring up huge topics, define and break them apart, and open your eyes to modern technology; all in a days/weekends read. Overall great read. A+++ ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computers and civilization    2. Congresses    3. General    4. Government - U.S. Government    5. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Privacy, Right of    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Social Aspects    10. Technology   

Subjects:  1. Crime analysis    2. Criminology    3. Data mining    4. Data processing    5. Database Management - General    6. Law enforcement    7. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    8. Political Science    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Sociology    11. Computers / Database Management / General    12. Crime & criminology    13. Data capture & analysis