is a really well written, accessible, often humorous book about privacy, I am a privacy professional, and I enjoyed it and learned from it, but also I am giving it to some friends and family members to explain to them, "see, this is what I do and why it's important!" This book is a must read for all who participate in the digital world.
I will provide a few key bullet points why I adore this book, Prof. Richards has a clear and engaging writing style, While reading this book, I felt like I was a Washington University law student This wise, accessible, and well evidenced book is essential reading for anyone interested in privacy.
Richards makes a compelling case for the ongoing importance of privacy, refuting privacy detractors and fatalists alike, I will be assigning this book in class and giving Exellent writing with tons of useful information, This book is precisely what we needa clear eyed, beautifully written, and richly developed argument about the issue of our agethe privacy of our personal data, Richards is a thinker par excellence, He gets to the heart of why we need to protect our privacy, He shows how I've read many, many books about information privacy in the digital age, and this one of the best! It is both sophisticated and super clear in equal measure.
It's especially great for anyone who thinks, "privacy is dead, get over it" or "I have nothing to hide, " I hope any Wonderful book! It clearly highlights important privacy law matters in a funny way, I haven't finished the book, but I'm enjoying it thus far, Neil
Richards has written the absolutely essential book on privacy in our times, This book isn't just for academics or practitioners, It's for everyone. Privacy is a topic that can be confusing or easily misunderstood, In "Why Privacy Matters," Richards starts at the very A much needed corrective on what privacy is, why it matters, and how we can protect in an age when so many believe that the concept is dead.
Everywhere we look, companies and governments are spying on us seeking information about us and everyone we know, Ad networks monitor our web surfing to send us " relevant" ads, The NSA screens our communications for signs of radicalism, Schools track students' emails to stop school shootings,
Cameras guard every street corner and traffic light, and drones fly in our skies, Databases of human information are assembled for purposes of "training" artificial intelligence programs designed to predict everything from traffic patterns to the location of undocumented migrants, We're even
tracking ourselves, using personal electronics like Apple watches, Fitbits, and other gadgets that have made the "quantified self" a realistic possibility, As FaceWhy Privacy Matters's Mark Zuckerberg once put it, "the Age of Privacy is over, " But Zuckerberg and others who say "privacy is dead" are wrong, In Why
Privacy Matters, Neil Richards explains that privacy isn't dead, but rather up for grabs,
Richards shows how the fight for privacy is a fight for power that will determine what our future will look like, and whether it will remain fair and free.
If we want to build a digital society that is consistent with our hard won commitments to political freedom, individuality, and human
flourishing, then we must make a meaningful commitment to privacy.
Privacy matters because good privacy rules can promote the essential human values of identity, power, freedom, and trust, If we want to preserve our commitments to these precious yet fragile values, we will need privacy rules,
Richards explains why privacy remains so important and offers strategies that can help us protect it from the forces that are working to undermine it, Pithy and forceful, this is essential reading for anyone interested in a topic that sits at the center of so many current problems,
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