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Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our BlackBerry devices, tablets, and digital capabilities become more and more complex we understand less and less about how they work. we no longer read the instruction manual before powering on, and we demand intuitive interfaces that get us up and running right away. But how many of us actually stop to think about potential threats to our privacy? Our passports broadcast our personal information and could allow terrorists to target us by nationality. Keyless entry systems in many high-tech car models make auto theft easier than ever. Commercial photocopiers are equipped with hard drives that can document everything we ever copied on it. And our digital photos, even after they're cropped, can expose the entire original image (hope you weren't doing anything naughty in that facebook profile picture).
In When Gadgets Betray Us, Robert Vamosi, a technology reporter and analyst who has been covering the internet age for over a decade, investigates the dark side of digital capability and convenience. He uncovers a secret world of privacy loss that most of us never consider - that is, until something goes terribly wrong. From iPads to BlackBerry devices, online banking to keyless entry systems, we're increasingly giving over the management of our crucial information to the latest and greatest electronic gadgets.Vamosi helps us comprehend the technology in our everyday lives and develop a common sense about how to protect ourselves. An essential guide for understanding what we're really signing up for every time we log-in, When Gadgets Betray Us reveals the secret lives of our electronic devices so that we can all better manage the real risks.
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- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 8 hours and 50 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC
- Audible.com Release Date: April 5, 2011
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004VK2F4E
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Right from the start, we get a no-holds-barred, close-up view of the current state of hacking, snooping, probing, prying...as they apply to common electronic gadgets we all know and love. Vamosi elaborates on the ease with which hackers and other cyber-miscreants pilfer and examine our most personal information, whether using a laptop, cell-phone, even a TV-remote.
We think, he says, our car is safe and will be there when we come back...because it's armed with a powerful "beep-beep" alarm system or because we're using our "smart keys." Not necessarily so says our author. He points to a car-thief that he knows who boasts the ability to "steal a vehicle within 30 seconds," no matter what the car-security we're comforted in using. ~And then Vamosi outlines how it can be done.
Among dozens of electronic gizmos we're familiar with, he knowledgably talks about fingerprint scanners, ordinary locks and digital locks, wireless home security systems, and computer mice and keyboards. Even a wireless PowerPoint presentation, we learn, gives the advanced hacker an opportunity for computer mischief. Don't forget WiFi. Our personal information is, apparently, vulnerable there, too. There's nothing more than mentions about viruses, Trojan horses or other computer malware we put up with. It's all about the hard, cold facts of hi-tech security with technology...and/or the lack thereof.
This is no "how-to-hack" book that's got charts, graphs and step-by-step directions on breaking the codes of our everyday electronic products and office equipment. The author specifically notes that whatever (sketchy) information he does provide on electronic break-ins, it's easily already part of an informed hacker's tool kit.
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