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  • Written by: B. J. Mendelson
  • Narrated by: Roger Wayne
  • Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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The end of Privacy

Written by: B. J. Mendelson
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
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In this forceful, short audiobook, technology guru and author of the best-selling Social Media is Bull (St. Martins Press) B. J. Mendelson exposes the crude reality behind the smiley face of Internet networking: data trading.

We are all auctioning our personal information, the audiobook argues, to the highest bidder. Mendelson discusses the end of privacy from a contemporary perspective, including chapters on:

  • Metadata and its uses
  • Data auctions
  • The Internet of Things
  • The use of social media for surveillance and suppression
  • Just how safe is Cloud technology
  • The Big Business of Big Data
  • How online retailers stalk, without permission, their customers
  • Anonymous and web activism
  • The internet's dark side: Silk Road, hacking, extortio
  •  EFF and other bodies promoting internet user rights

When we talk about the so-called "end of privacy", we conjure up images of state-run agencies secretly monitoring and recording our every move. Whilst this is the case, the true perpetrator in this permeating culture of intrusion is not a third party; its our very selves.

We willingly broadcast every moment of our lives in exchange for a moment's worth of virtual attention. Mendelson, artfully and through personal narratives and journalism, tells the story of how we have undermined one of our greatest societal assets.

©2017 Curious Reads (P)2017 B. J. Mendelson

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