TY - BOOK AU - Schneier,Bruce TI - Data and Goliath : the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world SN - 9780393352177 AV - HM846 .S362 2016 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - W W Norton KW - Electronic surveillance KW - Social aspects KW - Information technology KW - Computer security KW - Privacy, Right of KW - Social control N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-406) and index; Data as a by-product of computing -- Data as surveillance -- Analyzing our data -- The business of surveillance -- Government surveillance and control -- Consolidation of institutional control -- Political liberty and justice -- Commercial fairness and equality -- Business competitiveness -- Privacy -- Security -- Principles -- Solutions for government -- Solutions for corporations -- Solutions for the rest of us -- Social norms and the big data trade-off N2 - Your cell phone provider knows your location ;vendors record your purchasing patterns; your e-mails, texts, and social network activity are stored indefinitely; and all of this information is used by corporations and governments to manipulate, discriminate, and censor your experiences. The result is a mass surveillance society of our own making. Security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, showing us exactly what we can do to reform government surveillance programs, shake up surveillance-based business models, and protect our individual privacy. From back cover ER -