THE MACHINE NEVER BLINKS : A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF SPYING AND SURVEILLANCE
Εκδότης Fantagraphics , ISBN 9781683962823
An eye-opening book about the myriad eyes on all of us.
During the 1990s, most Americans first discovered the World Wide Web.
During the 2000s, we became addicted to our cellphones. In recent years,
we have welcomed smart speakers into our homes. We used to call it the
Information Age. Now, we might as well call it what it is - the Surveillance
Society.
Keystroke recorders, cookies, spyware, cctv cameras, Big Data, Facebook,
Google, Twitter, ID chips, gpS, geotags, microphones, rFId, credit and debit
cards, medical and financial records, biometrics, facial recognition, drones,
foreign and domestic disinformation campaigns - sometimes we're willing
participants; sometimes we're unknowing targets.
But how did it come to this? The roots of today's high-tech monitoring
stretch further back into the past than you might think. In Eyes on You, the
story of surveillance is presented from its earliest days, to help you more fully
understand today's headlines and the every-increasing warning of constant,
unrelenting monitoring, global data collection, and the threat to your rights,
privacy, dignity, and sanity.
The Machine Never Blinks is a comprehensive, eye-opening picture of the
use of spying and surveillance in history and legend, from the story of the
Trojan Horse through 9/11 and the so-called War on Terror, including the
exponential growth of government and corporate intercepts and databses,
and even surveillance as entertainment (reality TV) and convenience (smart
speakers). Take a look around... Who's watching you right now?
Περίληψη
An eye-opening book about the myriad eyes on all of us.
During the 1990s, most Americans first discovered the World Wide Web.
During the 2000s, we became addicted to our cellphones. In recent years,
we have welcomed smart speakers into our homes. We used to call it the
Information Age. Now, we might as well call it what it is - the Surveillance
Society.
Keystroke recorders, cookies, spyware, cctv cameras, Big Data, Facebook,
Google, Twitter, ID chips, gpS, geotags, microphones, rFId, credit and debit
cards, medical and financial records, biometrics, facial recognition, drones,
foreign and domestic disinformation campaigns - sometimes we're willing
participants; sometimes we're unknowing targets.
But how did it come to this? The roots of today's high-tech monitoring
stretch further back into the past than you might think. In Eyes on You, the
story of surveillance is presented from its earliest days, to help you more fully
understand today's headlines and the every-increasing warning of constant,
unrelenting monitoring, global data collection, and the threat to your rights,
privacy, dignity, and sanity.
The Machine Never Blinks is a comprehensive, eye-opening picture of the
use of spying and surveillance in history and legend, from the story of the
Trojan Horse through 9/11 and the so-called War on Terror, including the
exponential growth of government and corporate intercepts and databses,
and even surveillance as entertainment (reality TV) and convenience (smart
speakers). Take a look around... Who's watching you right now?
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Greenberg, Ivan
- Eκδότης Fantagraphics
- ISBN 9781683962823
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100071922
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2020
- Σελίδες 136
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 350 gr