Protect Your Privacy: How to Protect Your Identity as well as Your Financial, Personal, and Computer Records in an Age of Constant Surveillance (Outwitting) (Paperback)

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Everything you need to know about how to protect your computer security, financial privacy, telephone privacy, identification, freedom of movement, and more!

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Privacy is a basic principle of democracy, but these days it seems privacy is almost obsolete. Armies of government snoops, corporate data miners, identity thieves, private investigators, and even nosy neighbors can easily dig up as much information as possible on you, your loved ones, and everyone else. They can find out exactly what you’ve said on the phone, what you’ve e-mailed, the websites you’ve visited, your financial details, what you’ve paid in taxes—or what you’ve paid for anything at all!—and where you’ve driven, flown, or shopped. Crooks and scam artists can access your Social Security information, transfer money out of your bank accounts, issue themselves credit cards in your name, and even steal your identity.

And that’s not all! We’re constantly under surveillance with thermal imaging, millivision cameras, face-recognition technology, scanners, and satellite technology.

Is there any hope of reclaiming our privacy and saving our identities?

Yes! Protect Your Privacy shows you how to plug the leaks, foil investigators, protect your financial records, and more. Learn how to safeguard yourself in virtually every situation, whether you’re surfing the Internet, chatting on the phone, or even dealing with overzealous government agents empowered by the Patriot Act. Discover how to stop snoops and scam artists before they have a chance to compromise your privacy.

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599210207
• ISBN-13: 978-1599210209
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #672,579 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacking, October 26, 2009

By	M M Frank "frequent reader" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

The cover and foreword of this book seemed promising, but the bulk of the text failed to deliver. The book discusses major ways to protect one's privacy, from the home to the internet to the telephone. Unfortunately, however, often the advice is "don't write any email you wouldn't want posted publicly" or "when using the phone, act as though you are shouting onto a busy street with a megaphone." In short, the single best way to protect your privacy is never to communicate in the first place. Great, but not exactly helpful.

The author also discusses RFID tags at length; how they might be used to track your purchases, your physical whereabouts and movements, and how nefarious persons might locate expensive property on your person or within your home. He even explains how one might construct a Faraday Cage to keep such tags from being read by passers-by. The problem though is that Long never describes how to identify, remove, or destroy RFID tags on/within items (if this is even possible, which I know in some cases it is). Instead, the best solution is to keep such items in a foil-lined box (insert joke here).

By the final chapter of the book, it seems the author's purpose is simply to inform the reader that data miners and others hoping to compromise one's privacy are everywhere and the best course of action is simply not to reveal any information in the first place. A bit of a chilling read, but if you're looking for a how-to guide, there are better options.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, November 12, 2009

By	Crazyshoe Williams (Florida?) - See all my reviews

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Duncan Long knows what he is talking about!

This book is very informative, but like I've said many times - - - don't ever try to have complete privacy or you will end up living as a reclusive, cabin dwelling hermit somewhere. All jokes aside, this book spent a lot of time describing what might be coming down the path as far as the "new common" surveillance. And, also what we are currently dealing with in the ever present surveillance community.

This book laid some groundwork as far as what steps to take, and you do want some of your privacy or you wouldn't be reading this review. And,even the simplest things like ditching those "free" savings cards, and store "club cards" that promise a price reduction when used...And, of course deleting yourself from the social networking sites like face book, myspace, and the dating sites are seemingly easy, but at the same time so personally freeing

Overall, I found this to be a great book.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ENJOYABLE, October 7, 2009

By	Live Safe "Safety" (Florida) - See all my reviews

BOOK WAS ENJOYABLE AND OFFERED SOME GOOD INSIGHT. SOME OF THE MATERIAL WAS BASIC AND ALREADY KNOWN. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO PERSONS WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE OR REVIEW AND UPDATE WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW. I LIKED IT.