Customer Reviews

NetSpy

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4 star:		(2)
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1 star:		(5)

 

 

Some of the reviews below make me wonder if we are all talking about the same book, and if so, if some of the reviewers actually read it. Apparently either you like this book or you REALLY hate it, and I find the intensity of some reviewers' dislike rather puzzling. Did they think a $12.95 book was going to show them how to hack into the Pentagon's computers or something?

The book gives a decent basic picture of Web privacy/security issues & information and provides a good basic toolkit of sites & resources in a concise and to-the-point format. It lists many sites with useful functions and services I had no idea even existed. Oh, and the jokes about Macs and "Independence Day" were pretty darn funny too. <smile>

Yes, you can find some of the contents by using various free search engines, etc.; however, I'm willing to pay $12.95 to have someone find the sites and organize them for me so I can spend more time AT the websites rathe! r than searching for them. If the information in this book is so easy to find, perhaps the critics will write their own books about web search strategies for the rest of us.

On the negative side, for $12.95 this book had a bit too much blank empty space on each page. The "hip hacker" or "cloak and dagger spy" attitude/theme of the book was also annoying. And yes, the authors could do a better job of pointing out which sites' services are not free--but hey, they never said that only free sites were listed either.

In spite of these annoyances, average Internet users and aspiring hackers should still find this book interesting and useful.

It is nice to have all of the resources in the book collected into one place. It is true that you can find almost all of the information on the net, and some of it is pretty basic, but to have it summerized in one spot is nice. There are also a lot of sites you wouldn't want to miss. This book gets straight to the point and covers a lot of ground, but does not elaborate much and leaves this to the pages it points to. The advanced net user will probably be left with a feeling that something is missing.

I thought this book had alot of need to know, no bull facts about hacking and other closely related topics.A definite must buy for the cyber-- punk of today.Amateurs don't be affraid this book can be understood by all levels of budding hackers.......Acidbyte

Any moron can find these free search engines. If your looking to "spy" on someone you had better bring your wallet. All of the informative public records search sites come with hefty prices.This book is just a giant advertisement for these sites. And don't let the size fool you. If you can't read this book in less than 30 minutes, might I suggest "Green Eggs and Ham"? Next time I will read the reviews before I buy. DU!

This book deserves a one-time run through for its interesting information, however, after the first perusal, it probably won't be taken off the shelf again. My best suggestion is to find a copy of it (or of a similar text) in the library

I was astonished to learn that the publication date for this book is 1996. In computer years, that's before the last ice age. I have a copy of the last edition, that is, the 1996 edition, and I give it a 2 because even though many of the procedures, URLs, and links are dead, dead, dead, the few that are still active are, indeed, useful. And the book does get you thinking.

The cover offers "FREE UPDATES AT WWW.YPN.COM." And updates certainly are due, free or otherwise, but if you try to get any from this URL, you'll get a sorta suprize.

I learned this by trying to get a newer edition. So far, no dice. Rudy B.

This book has nothing you can't find by yourself. It's just a pile of websites and even a newcomer to the Internet could learn about all the "resources" listed in this book in one day

Netspy does not provide anything that is not easily available through various search engines.

This company is the best company to deal with in the '97 year yet.

This book is a seemingly random collection of web links. I suggest using one of the many search engines on the web to provide the same level of service