Customer Reviews

Internet Privacy Kit

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Marcus Goncalves was able to focus in a lot of new incidents and threats making the news lately. His coverage of PGP Cookie.Cutter and other tools to protect our privacy on the Internet was great. As with his previous book on Web security, he continues to address the reader in a very conversational style, which makes us feel as he is talking directly to us. Great job Que!

My first regret came when I found the book was pubilished by Que, from whom I had got few useful books before. The majority of the book is full of the author's wordy opnions about computer data security and things that your are most likey already familiar with. Why do you need to pay $30-40 to learn how to set a password for Windows' screen saver? I ordered this book expecting to collect enough information for building a secure web-based transaction system for our small business. I tried to get some advanced and practical information about how to encrypt a mail message with PGP; all I found in the book were an explanation that PGP is based on a public key system and the FTP URL to download more information, both of which I had already known. I could find nothing practical or useful on other subjects, either. I was completely fooled by other three reviewers' five-star rantings. They are probably the author himself or his family members and/or friends. Now I understand why they are completely anonymous. If your aim to buy a book is to learn about something new to you or to get more information about something you already know some about, don't waste your time and money by considering this book. Thanks to Amazon.com's tolerant return policy. I am now returning the book.

This is by far the best, most well-written book on securing privacy on the Internet. It's very appropriate for newcomers with security concerns or WebMasters with more hands-on interests. Mr. Goncalves makes a potentially difficult subject easy to understand