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The art of invisibility : the world's most famous hacker teaches you how to be safe in the age of Big Brother and big data / by Mitnick, Kevin D.(Kevin David),1963-author.; Vamosi, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Internet; Computer security.; Data protection.; Privacy, Right of.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Hank show : how a house-painting, drug-running DEA informant built the machine that rules our lives / by Funk, McKenzie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man--as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that changed the course of the future. In The Hank Show, critically acclaimed author and journalist McKenzie Funk relates Asher's stranger-than-fiction story--he careened from drug-running pilot to alleged CIA asset, only to be reborn as the pioneering computer programmer known as the father of data fusion. He was the billionaire whose creations now power a new reality where your every move is tracked by police departments, intelligence agencies, political parties, and financial firms alike. But his success was not without setbacks. He truly lived nine lives, on top of the world one minute, only to be forced out of the companies he founded and blamed for data breaches resulting in major lawsuits and market chaos. In the vein of the blockbuster movie Catch Me if You Can, this spellbinding work of narrative nonfiction propels you forward on a forty year journey of intrigue and innovation, from Colombia to the White House and from Silicon Valley to the 2016 Trump campaign, focusing a lens on the dark side of American business and its impact on the everyday fabric of our modern lives"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Asher, Hank, 1951-2013.; Businesspeople; Criminal investigation; Data mining in law enforcement; Data mining; Data privacy; Multisensor data fusion;
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Code 6 : a novel / by Grippando, James,1958-author.;
"A screenwriter working on a script about the dark side of Big Data is pulled into a far-reaching conspiracy and coverup after a childhood friend is kidnapped while under investigation by the Justice Department"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Big data; Conspiracies; Data integration (Computer science); Data privacy; Fathers and daughters; Kidnapping; Mothers; Screenwriters; Technology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Code 6 [text (large print)] : a novel / by Grippando, James,1958-author.;
"A screenwriter working on a script about the dark side of Big Data is pulled into a far-reaching conspiracy and coverup after a childhood friend is kidnapped while under investigation by the Justice Department"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Novels.; Big data; Conspiracies; Data integration (Computer science); Data privacy; Fathers and daughters; Kidnapping; Mothers; Screenwriters; Technology;
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The zero dollar car : how the revolution in big data will change your life / by Ellis, John(Writer on big data);
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Subjects: Ellis, John (Writer on big data); Big data; Automobile industry and trade.; Privacy, Right of.;
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Sideways : the city Google couldn't buy / by O'Kane, Josh,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything. When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto, promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city's woefully underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and his trusted chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property--with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO--Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition. But as soon as the bid was won, cracks appeared in the partnership between Doctoroff's team and Waterfront Toronto, the government-sponsored organization behind the contest. There were hundreds more acres of undeveloped former port lands nearby that kept creeping into conversation with Sidewalk, and more questions were emerging than answers about how much the public would actually benefit from the Alphabet-owned company's vision for the high-tech neighbourhood--and the data it could harvest from the people living there. Alarm bells began ringing in the city's corridors of power and activism. To Torontonians accustomed to big promises with little follow-through, the fiasco that unfolded seemed at first like just another city-building sideshow. But the pained battle to reel in the power of Sidewalk Labs became a crucible moment in the worldwide battle for privacy rights and against the extension of Big Tech's digital might into the physical world around us. With extensive contacts on all sides of the debacle, O'Kane tells a story of global consequence fought over a small, forgotten parcel of mud and pavement, taking readers from California to New York to Toronto to Berlin and back again. In the tradition of extraordinary boardroom dramas like Bad Blood and Super Pumped, Sideways vividly recreates the corporate drama and epic personalities in this David-and-Goliath battle that signalled to the world that all may not be lost in the effort to contain the rapidly growing power of Big Tech"--
Subjects: Google (Firm); City planning; Data privacy; Privacy, Right of; Technology; Waterfronts; Technology;
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iPad for seniors for dummies / by Spivey, Dwight,author.;
iPad For Seniors For Dummies, 2025-2026 Edition is an up-to-date and straightforward guide for anyone who wants to know how to use one of Apple's famous tablets without all the muss, fuss, and jargon of more complicated resources. In this book, you'll find easy-to-read type, crisp figures and illustrations, and down-to-earth instructions that show you exactly how to get set up, customize your device, connect to the web, chat with your friends and family, listen to music, watch videos, download apps, and much more. You'll learn how to secure your tablet, so your data and privacy remain safe. You'll also discover how you can use your iPad to get organized, plan your schedule, and even connect to your home Wi-Fi.
Subjects: iPad (Computer); Computers and older people.; Internet and older people.; Portable computers.; Tablet computers.;
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Targeted : the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower's inside story of how big data, Trump, and Facebook broke democracy and how it can happen again / by Kaiser, Brittany,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-392).In this explosive memoir, Kaiser reveals the disturbing truth about the multi-billion-dollar data industry, revealing how companies are getting richer using our personal information and exposing how Cambridge Analytica exploited weaknesses in privacy laws to help elect Donald Trump--and how this could easily happen again in the 2020 presidential election.tion.
Subjects: Kaiser, Brittany.; Cambridge Analytica Ltd.; Facebook (Firm); Data protection; Internet in political campaigns; Political campaigns; Presidents;
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Black code [videorecording] / by De Pencier, Nick,producer,film director.; Deibert, Ronald,on-screen participant.; Music Box Films,film distributor.;
Featuring Ronald Deibert.Where big data meets big brother -- The story of how governments manipulate the internet to censor and monitor their citizens, and how those citizens are fighting back. This battle for control of cyberspace will challenge our ideas of privacy, citizenship and democracy to the very core. Examines the global impact that the Internet has had on free speech and privacy, and how activists have responded to various governments' control and manipulation of information across the world.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Civil rights.; Freedom of speech.; Internet; Internet; Internet; Cyberspace.; Privacy.; World Wide Web.;
For private home use only.
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Data cartels : the companies that control and monopolize our information / by Lamdan, Sarah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In our digital world, data is power, and information hoarders reign supreme. The practices of these digital pillagers are analogous to those of cartels--they use intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain control and power. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of the "data cartels," demonstrating how the entities mining, hoarding, commodifying, and selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social inequalities and threaten the democratic sharing of knowledge. The companies at the center of this book are not household names like Google. They fly under the radar and self-identify as "data analytics" or "business solutions" operations. These companies supply the digital lifeblood that flow through the circulatory system of the internet. With their control over data, they can prevent the free flow of information to places where it is needed, and simultaneously distribute private information to predatory entities. Just a few companies dominate most of our critical informational resources, from scientific research and financial data to the law. They are also data brokers, selling our personal data to law enforcement and other government agencies that determine whether we should be eligible for social services, and they sell "risk" products that insurance companies, employers, landlords, and healthcare systems use to make decisions. Alarmingly, everything they're doing is perfectly legal. Ranging from small information firms to billion-dollar data giants like Thomson Reuters and RELX Group, these companies masterfully exploit outdated information and privacy laws, curating online information in a way that amplifies digital racism and targets marginalized communities. In this book, Lamdan contends that privatization and tech exceptionalism have prevented us from creating effective legal regulation. Lack of legal intervention has allowed oversized information oligopolies to coalesce. In addition to specific legal and market-based solutions, Lamdan calls for treating information like a public good and creating digital infrastructure that supports our democratic ideals"--
Subjects: Antitrust law; Cartels; Data protection; Freedom of information; Information services industry; Information services industry;
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