Finn Brunton delves into the hidden histories of the internet and the technologies shaping our communication. His work explores the unseen forces and unexpected narratives of the digital age, revealing how information and privacy are manipulated and how these systems can be repurposed for protest and resilience. Brunton's writing offers a sharp lens on the invisible aspects of our connected existence.
Exploring the phenomenon of spam, this book delves into its mechanisms and effects on online communities and the broader Internet landscape. It examines the evolution of spam, its various forms, and the ways it influences user experience and digital communication. Through detailed analysis, the book highlights the challenges spam presents and its implications for the future of online interactions.
"With Obfuscation, Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum mean to start a revolution. They are calling us not to the barricades but to our computers, offering us ways to fight today's pervasive digital surveillance--the collection of our data by governments, corporations, advertisers, and hackers. To the toolkit of privacy protecting techniques and projects, they propose adding obfuscation: the deliberate use of ambiguous, confusing, or misleading information to interfere with surveillance and data collection projects. Brunton and Nissenbaum provide tools and a rationale for evasion, noncompliance, refusal, even sabotage--especially for average users, those of us not in a position to opt out or exert control over data about ourselves. Obfuscation will teach users to push back, software developers to keep their user data safe, and policy makers to gather data without misusing it. Brunton and Nissenbaum present a guide to the forms and formats that obfuscation has taken and explain how to craft its implementation to suit the goal and the adversary. They describe a series of historical and contemporary examples, including radar chaff deployed by World War II pilots, Twitter bots that hobbled the social media strategy of popular protest movements, and software that can camouflage users' search queries and stymie online advertising. They go on to consider obfuscation in more general terms, discussing why obfuscation is necessary, whether it is justified, how it works, and how it can be integrated with other privacy practices and technologies." -- Publisher's website
With Obfuscation, Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum mean to start a revolution. They are calling us not to the barricades but to our computers, offering us ways to fight today's pervasive digital surveillance -- the collection of our data by governments, corporations, advertisers, and hackers. To the toolkit of privacy protecting techniques and projects, they propose adding obfuscation: the deliberate use of ambiguous, confusing, or misleading information to interfere with surveillance and data collection projects. Brunton and Nissenbaum provide tools and a rationale for evasion, noncompliance, refusal, even sabotage -- especially for average users, those of us not in a position to opt out or exert control over data about ourselves. Obfuscation will teach users to push back, software developers to keep their user data safe, and policy makers to gather data without misusing it. --Publisher
The fascinating untold story of digital cash and its creators—from experiments in the 1970s to the mania over Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies Bitcoin may appear to be a revolutionary form of digital cash without precedent or prehistory. In fact, it is only the best-known recent experiment in a long line of similar efforts going back to the 1970s. But the story behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and its blockchain technology has largely been untold—until now. In Digital Cash, Finn Brunton reveals how technological utopians and political radicals created experimental money to bring about their visions of the future: to protect privacy, bring down governments, prepare for apocalypse, or launch a civilization of innovation and abundance that would make its creators immortal. Filled with marvelous characters, stories, and ideas, Digital Cash is an engaging and accessible account of the strange origins and remarkable technologies behind today's cryptocurrency explosion.
W czasach permanentnej inwigilacji w sieci, pr�by ograniczania ilości prywatnych danych, kt�re umieszczamy w internecie, czy domaganie się od rządzących wprowadzenia praw mających na celu ich ochronę już nie wystarczą. Autorzy wzywają w książce do stawienia oporu rządom, firmom i organizacjom, kt�re zbierają nasze dane. Autorzy postulują stosowanie taktyki szumu informacyjnego, czyli celowego podawania informacji nieprawdziwych i sprzecznych ze sobą, kt�ra ma utrudnić i sabotować niepożądane pozyskiwanie informacji o użytkownikach internetu.