NetSpy (Paperback)

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Amazon.com Review
Netspy contains almost everything you need to know to find out just about anything about anyone by using freely available information sources on the Internet. It also contains good basic information on the role of the Net in corporate espionage and explanations of secure financial transactions online.

Even if you find snooping about other people distasteful, you should get this book to find out what others can find out about you--and how you can cover your digital tracks on the ever-widening silicon beaches surrounding the continents of our existence. Very Highly Recommended

Product Description
Tap into the online information that credit agencies and government departments have used for decades.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Wolff New Media (January 25, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679770291
• ISBN-13: 978-0679770299
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,728,938 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well, I think it's a useful book..., July 31, 1998

By A Customer

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A variety of resources in a convenient format., April 4, 1997

By A Customer

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Acidbytes Review Of Your Personal Web Spy:, August 27, 1997

By A Customer

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