Marissa's Books & Gifts, LLC 9780593073650 Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It

Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It

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Marissa's Books & Gifts, LLC 9780593073650 Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It

Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It

$13.23
Sale price  $13.23 Regular price  $21.00
Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flip side: our technology can be turned against us. Hackers can activate baby monitors to spy on families, thieves are analyzing social media posts to plot home invasions, and stalkers are exploiting the GPS on smart phones to track their victims’ every move. We all know today’s criminals can steal identities, drain online bank accounts, and wipe out computer servers, but that’s just the beginning. To date, no computer has been created that could not be hacked—a sobering fact given our radical dependence on these machines for everything from our nation’s power grid to air traffic control to financial services.

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