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Spychips
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Purchase and Watc h Your Every Move
By: Katherine Albrecht, Liz McIntyre
Paperback | 26 September 2006 | Edition Number 1
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"Spychips" takes readers into the frightening world of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).While manufacturers and the government want you to believe that they would never misuse the technology, the future looks like an Orwellian nightmare when you consider the possibilities of surveillance and tracking these chips embody. Combining in-depth research with firsthand reporting, "Spychips" reveals how RFID technology, if left unchecked, could soon destroy our privacy, radically alter the economy, and open the floodgates for civil liberty abuses.
Industry Reviews
"This is the first, and maybe the loudest, popular book on a crucial technology of our times; a masterpiece of technocriticism."-from the foreword by bestselling author Bruce Sterling
"One of the best privacy books in many years... The privacy movement needs a book. I nominate Spychips."-Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
"The book makes a very persuasive case that some of America's biggest companies want to embed tracking technology into virtually everything we own, and then study our usage patterns 24 hours a day. It's a truly creepy book and well worth reading."-Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe
"Provocative... Albrecht and McIntyre have a knack for finding information, and developing sources that make them the envy of investigative reporters."-Chicago Sun-Times
"Paints a 1984-ish picture of how corporations would like to use RFID tags to keep tabs on you."-The Associated Press
"A chilling story about an emerging future in which spychips run amok as Big Brother and Big Shopkeeper invade our privacy in unprecedented ways."-Chicago Tribune
ISBN: 9780452287662
ISBN-10: 0452287669
Published: 26th September 2006
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Audience: General Adult
For Ages: 18+ years old
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1
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