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Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech Hardcover – May 8, 2018

by Cyrus Farivar (Author)

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A book about what the Cambridge Analytica scandal shows: That surveillance and data privacy is every citizens’ concern

An important look at how 50 years of American privacy law is inadequate for the today's surveillance technology, from acclaimed Ars Technica senior business editor Cyrus Farivar.

Until the 21st century, most of our activities were private by default, public only through effort; today anything that touches digital space has the potential (and likelihood) to remain somewhere online forever. That means all of the technologies that have made our lives easier, faster, better, and/or more efficient have also simultaneously made it easier to keep an eye on our activities. Or, as we recently learned from reports about Cambridge Analytica, our data might be turned into a propaganda machine against us.

In 10 crucial legal cases, Habeas Data explores the tools of surveillance that exist today, how they work, and what the implications are for the future of privacy.

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"A great book. Cyrus Farivar shows that the government, at all levels, needs to more forthright about what kind of surveillance is used on all of us. The law desperately needs to catch up." — Rep. Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative for California's 33rd congressional district

"Habeas Data should be required reading for all public officials who want to better understand the near-future of privacy and surveillance." — Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland, CA

“Essential reading for anyone concerned with how technology has overrun privacy.” — Mitch Kapor, co-founder Electronic Frontier Foundation

“Farivar's work is essential, smart and cogent.” — Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway

“Cyrus Farivar pulls back the curtain on how the government has transformed everyday technologies into surveillance machines, and public and private places into surveillance traps—part deep-dive into how everything from your smartphone to your home can be used as a surveillance tool, and part crash-course in the court cases that both help and fail to constrain the government's most privacy-invasive activities. Should be at the top of everyone's must-read list.” — Robyn Greene, policy counsel, The Open Technology Institute at New America

“A powerful book that looks at how two invisible forces—law and technology—combine to change the world we live in and the future that is available to us.” — Matt Mitchell, founder CryptoHarlem

“"Cyrus Farivar has covered the excitement and tensions of big data collection for years. He his perfectly positioned, with this new book, to chart the history that brought us here and suss out where we're going next." — Emily Bazelon, author of Sticks and Stones & co-host of Slate’s Political Gabfest

About the Author

Cyrus Farivar is the Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica and the author of THE INTERNET ELSEWHERE. He is also a radio producer and has reported for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, The Economist, Wired, The New York Times, and others.

Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Melville House (May 8, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1612196462
ISBN-13: 978-1612196466
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.3 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8 in Books > Law > Legal Theory & Systems > Science & Technology
- #9 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Specific Topics > Privacy & Surveillance
- #37 in Books > Law > Constitutional Law > General

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Ben Montour

Fantastic read!

May 16, 2018

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An excellent overview of ten very important but little known court cases that have shaped privacy rights as we know them. These cases have defined the laws that govern our right to privacy. It shows clearly how they have failed to keep up in the ever evolving technological world we live in.
Cyrus has done an absolutely wonderful job interviewing and researching these historic court cases.

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Eliot Peper

A comprehensive guide to privacy and surveillance issues

May 16, 2018

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By digging deep into the strange history of surveillance law, Farivar reveals the hidden rules, questions, and contradictions that define our digital lives. While we continue to assemble components of an internet that may become a panopticon as easily as a tool for empowerment, making sense of these issues has never been more important. Habeas Data will suck you in, make you think, and might just change your perspective on the impending collision between technology and our social and political institutions. Required reading for anyone who wants to grok the future of privacy.

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