Collect data and build trust. With the rise of data science and machine learning, companies are awash in customer data and powerful new ways to gain insight from that data. But in the absence of regulation and clear guidelines from most federal or state governments, it's difficult for companies to understand what qualifies as reasonable use and then determine how to act in the best interest of their customers. How do they build, not erode, trust? Customer...

"Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are you Naked Online? helps readers, young and old alike, understand the implications of their online personas and reputations. The authors offer a guide to the many pitfalls and risks of certain online activities and provide a roadmap to taking charge of your own online reputation for personal and professional success"-- "This book helps readers, young and old alike, understand the implications of their online...

It's a basic human right to feel and be safe in your community where you live, work and play. But, few people know or understand everything it takes to make this possible. Safe City details the concerted effort and integration of new technology it takes to make communities safer for everyone. From fire departments detecting fires within seconds with thermal imaging to police departments detecting gunfire immediately through gunshot detection sensors,...

Melinda Matthews, a freelance journalist, learns from a pharmaceutical company employee that a medical implant capsule designed and marketed by the company has features that violates a person's right to privacy. The whistleblower tells her that the device can not only track the implantee, but can also subliminally plant messages in their brains to influence their buying and political decisions. Melinda, becomes an advocate for digital privacy rights,...

A clear-eyed, timely investigation of the threat posed by Artificial Intelligence to individual freedom, social cohesion, and the democratic process-and a radical proposal on how to fight back. In this sharp, urgent book, philosopher, psychoanalyst, and former resistance fighter Miguel Benasayag warns of the great danger posed by the growing role of big data and algorithms in deciding the contours of individual lives and the direction of the world....

Banned from Twitter! Banned from Facebook! Banned from YouTube! and now Banned from Amazon! -In this issue is more BANNED content! Q: How do you survive in the age of disinformation? A: By chronicling the truth! ***Welcome to the post-truth world! In this age of disinformation, it is important to document the travesties of the oligarchs and puppet masters; the "Powers That Be." *This monthly publication is salty. It's for adults ONLY! If you can't...

When Army veteran Joe O'Flaherty enters the civil service, he encounters many critters. Denied retirement, he is called upon by the president to "drain the swamp." How will he accomplish that and not lose his own soul in the bargain?

If there is a section that most hacking books and blog posts currently disregard, it is the 'stay safe' section. In other words, they fail to detail the schemes and techniques a typical hacker (or activist) should use to guarantee a certain level of anonymity and safety. You may be the best hacker in the world, but if you cannot control your footprint on the internet and correctly erase your trail, you will simply crash and burn. There are many books...

Cybersecurity is an emerging career trend and will continue to become increasingly important. Despite the lucrative pay and significant career growth opportunities, many people are unsure of how to get started. This audiobook is designed by leading industry experts to help you enter the world of cybersecurity with confidence, covering everything from gaining the right certification to tips and tools for finding your first job. The audiobook starts...

Hailed as a masterwork of reporting and analysis, and based on decades of research within China, We Have Been Harmonized, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter, offers a groundbreaking look at how the internet and high tech have allowed China to create the largest and most effective surveillance state in history. China's new drive for repression is being underpinned by unprecedented advances in technology: facial and voice recognition,...