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 – Kevin Mitnick (Little Brown)
It is absolutely astounding how many people don’t
realize exactly how exposed their life and their personal information is when
they surf the internet and the wild wild web. Now kick that exposure up a notch
by reaching in your pocket and pulling out that so-called “smart phone”.
Former criminal hacker and now widely recognized
computer security expert Kevin Mitnick is out with his latest book, 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,
in which he details the plethora of ways that we unwittingly or seemingly
willingly expose ourselves and our most important personal data by what amounts
to the most stupid of ways.
Mitnick makes a solid case siting example after example
of the dangers inherent in the web. He also pretty clearly spells out the
options we can use to try to protect of information and our identity. Utilizing
things like standalone laptops, burner cellphones and separate online personas
that we put a Chinese wall between our real selves and our online selves.
He will shock you with his insights into danger points
like wireless printers, cell phones self-facing cameras, cloud storage, public
Wi-Fi hot spots, and notably for all you folks still detailing your every move
on Facebook and other social media outposts.
For a guy who has a firsthand knowledge of law
enforcement and computers, Mitnick even offers up a pack of useful suggestions
on where your rights are when it comes to the law and privacy. While 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,
really just scratches the surface, it does amount to
a master class in privacy.
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