Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet
By Edward Lucas
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The internet was designed by a small group of computer scientists looking for a way to share information quickly. In the last twenty years it has expanded rapidly to become a global information superhighway, available to all comers, but also wide open to those seeking invisibility. This potential for anonymity means neither privacy nor secrecy are really possible for law-abiding corporations or citizens. As identities can be faked so easily the very foundations on which our political, legal and economic systems are based are vulnerable. Businesses, governments, national security organisations and even ordinary individuals are constantly at risk and with our ever increasing dependence on the internet and smart-phone technology this threat is unlikely to diminish – in fact, the target for cyber-criminals is expanding all the time.
Not only does Cyberphobia lay bare the dangers of the internet, it also explores the most successful defensive cyber-strategies, options for tracking down transgressors and argues that we are moving into a post-digital age where once again face-to-face communication will be the only interaction that really matters.
Edward Lucas
Edward Lucas covered Eastern Europe for The Economist for over twenty years, witnessing the end of the last Cold War, the parting of the Iron Curtain, and, as the Moscow bureau chief, covered Boris Yeltsin's reign and Vladimir Putin's rise to power. He is the author of The New Cold War; Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet; and Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West. He lives in London, England.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kind of scarey overview of the dangers of the Internet. It was designed to be free and open, not particularly secure. It was based on trust. It has become so essential and huge that defending against cyber attacks, etc. is not easy. Vital reading for anyone concerned with security and online use.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Light on details. A little passe. Got me thinking about about the strategic logic of cyber ware though. Well written.