Data and Goliath

The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

By: Bruce Schneier

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Data is everywhere. We create it every time we go online, turn our phones on (or off), and pay with credit cards. The data is stored, studied, and bought and sold by corporations and governments for surveillance and for control. "Foremost security expert" (Wired) and best-selling author Bruce Schneier shows how this data has led to a double-edged Internet - a Web that gives power to the people but is abused by the institutions on which those people depend.

In Data and Goliath, Schneier reveals the full extent of surveillance, censorship, and propaganda in society today, examining the risks of cybercrime, cyberterrorism, and cyberwar. He shares technological, legal, and social solutions that can help shape a more equal, private, and secure world. This is an audiobook to which everyone with an Internet connection - or bank account or smart device or car, for that matter - needs to listen.

©2015 Bruce Schneier (P)2015 Recorded Books

Great information

I work in the IT world and I knew a lot of this was going on. This book really helped understand a lot more of what is going on with data collection and what we can do about it. It is a very interesting read.

A great book for our time!

Overall loved it. Great examples and sources for follow up. Schneier's text reads more like a peer reviewed work than a run of the mill book. He methodically outlines his thesis, which falls somewhere in the middle of perfect privacy and perfect surveillance. Carefully enumerating the reasons why his approach is both morally correct and practical to apply. Regarding the latter he builds on the work of others in outlining a true course.

I used the bookmark feature to note the many memorable moments in the audiobook. From references to Japanese internment and McCarthysism to the logical summation from FDR the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

This was my first audiobook. The narrator's voice was crisp and welcoming. I started the book last night and finished it this afternoon, thanks to both the subject matter, style of writing and clear articulation. Another note for users of the audible android app is to try the speed playback. I initially started at 1.0x, by the middle I was able to play at 2.0x and gradually increased until I got to 3.0x. For most of the time I was listening to the book I was also multitasking doing household chores. I hope all the narrators are as good.

Worth it..

This review requires at least 20 words, 8 words remaining, now three, no two. UNO!

Wow

This book had so much information it has open my eyes to so much, being online will never be the same.

Repetitive

This is an extremely important topic and I was looking forward to listening to this book.
However, I am not impressed with the writing so far. It is very repetitive - the author drives home the same point over and over again using multiple examples. It does get on one's nerves.
I am disappointed and will be looking for other books to inform myself.

Dry

Would not recommend
for listening, you will want to read and reference the material. Lots of great content though.

Two thumbs up

Informative, solution focused and practical. Draws attention to very obvious ways we all leave data trails. Suggestions for policy changes without resorting to histrionics or scare tactics.

Got me thinking

About online privacy, and the casual way I allow info about me to flow too freely.

4 stars, because the action steps offerred will require us all to act in concert to change laws and attitudes about storing everything, about everybody, all the time.

Essentiak

If you spend an hour a day on your computer, and you do anything other than delegated work for your employer on their equipment, you have to listen to this book. If you do not meet those criteria, I suspect it would still be worth your while to listen to this book. It is that important, and not at all painful. Clearly presented in accessible language, invaluable insight. You think you know all you really need to at the end of every chapter, then are really glad you listened to the next one, EVERY CHAPTER!!!! Well done Mr. Schneier!.

simplistic look at obvious concerns with privacy

big brother is watching.
data is being collected on you.
when it is free, you are the product.
your rights are few, especially when the government is involved.
be diligent and protect your privacy.
the end.