Discover why privacy is a counterproductive, if not obsolete, concept in this startling new book
It's only a matter of time-- the modern notion of privacy is quickly evaporating because of technological advancement and social engagement. Whether we like it or not, all our actions and communications are going to be revealed for everyone to see. Exposed: How Revealing Your Data and Eliminating Privacy Increases Trust and Liberates Humanity takes a controversial and insightful look at the concept of privacy and persuasively argues that preparing for a post-private future is better than exacerbating the painful transition by attempting to delay the inevitable. Security expert and author Ben Malisow systematically dismantles common notions of privacy and explains how:
Most arguments in favor of increased privacy are wrong Privacy in our personal lives leaves us more susceptible to being bullied or blackmailed Governmental and military privacy leads to an imbalance of power between citizen and state Military supremacy based on privacy is an obsolete concept
Perfect for anyone interested in the currently raging debates about governmental, institutional, corporate, and personal privacy, and the proper balance between the public and the private, Exposed also belongs on the shelves of security practitioners and policymakers everywhere.
By:
Ben Malisow
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 226mm,
Width: 150mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781119741633
ISBN 10: 1119741637
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 06 November 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction xvii 1 Privacy Cases: Being Suborned 1 Security Through Trust 1 The Historic Trust Model Creates Oppression 2 Privately Trustful 2 Disarmed Forces 4 Missed Application 5 Harmfully Ever After 7 Open Air 8 Artifice Exemplar 9 2 Privacy Cases: Government/National Intelligence/Military Confidentiality 11 National Security vs Governmental Security 12 A Government is Not a Nation 14 Rationales 15 Rationale: Direct Advantage 15 Rationale: Overcome Other Secrecy 19 Rationale: Military Advantage 25 Rationale: Hidden Diplomacy 30 Rationale: Protecting Personal Privacy 31 Rationale: Emergency Powers 31 No Net Benefit; Possible Net Negative 33 Citizenry at Risk 33 Bad Public Policy 35 The Secret Police State 36 3 Privacy and Personal Protection 39 Your Exposure 40 Check Yourself 42 Take Your Medicine 44 The Scene of the Crime 46 You’re a Celebrity 49 4 A Case Against Privacy: An End to Shame 51 Cultural Shame 54 Location, Location, Location 55 Beneficial Shame, Which Might Be Harmful 57 Hypocrisy for Thee 59 5 A Case Against Privacy: Better Policy/Practices 61 Policy Based on Bad Data: US Police and Dogs 61 Policy Based on Bad Data: The DSM 64 Bad Data Derived from Concern for Privacy: Suicide 68 Counting Suicides 69 Motivation and Reaction 72 Famous Suicide 74 Jumping on Guns and Bandwagons 76 6 A (Bad) Solution: Regulation 81 Regulation = Destruction 83 Legitimate Fear of the Private Sector 88 Exceptions to the Rules 90 Chill Out 92 Power Outage 98 Top Cover 104 Now You See It 110 The Government Would Never Lie to Its Overseers, Right? 112 Stressing It 112 7 A Good Solution: Ubiquity of Access 115 If Everybody Knows Everything, Nobody Has an Advantage 116 Atomicity, Again 118 An End to Crime? 119 First Fatal Flaw 121 Other Fatal Flaws 122 Final Fatal Flaw 123 An End to the Need for Crime? 124 De-Corrupting Dis-Corrupting? Anti-Corruption? Something Like That 127 An End to Sabotage? 129 Power Imbalance 130 An End to Laws? 132 Lower Costs 133 An End to Hypocrisy 134 An End to Bad Policy 135 Speaking of Accurate Portrayals of Humanity 140 Vestigial Shame 142 Vestiges in Action 144 8 The Upshot 149 Science Fiction 150 Public Perception 153 Other Visions 155 Molecular Level 160 Busting My Hump 162 Style Over Substance 162 The Added Value of the Long Reach 163 Unchill 164 Troll Toll? 165 The Threat of Erasure 169 Get Out 170 On the Genetic Level 171 Still Scared 173 Index 175
BEN MALISOW has been involved in information security and education for over two decades. He designed and delivered the Carnegie Mellon University CISSP prep course, served as a US Air Force officer, and was Information Security System Manager for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most highly classified counterterror intelligence-sharing network.
