Tag Archives: digital world

Podcast of the week: Amazon, Google, and Facebook as the new monopolies

Posted on January 3, 2018 by smellincoffee

Last Monday, EconTalk posted an interview about the ‘new monoplies’,  in which host Russ Robert spoke with Matt Stoller about the increasing danger of Google, Facebook, and Amazon.  Stoller is of the opinion that three companies are not only so … Continue reading →

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The Circle

Posted on September 9, 2017 by smellincoffee

The Circle 2013 Dave Eggers 507 pages Sharing is Caring. Privacy is Theft. Secrets are Lies. Imagine an internet transformed by a company  so innovative and ambitious that it had swallowed Facebook, Google, etc. whole.  It began with TruYou, a … Continue reading →

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Crime, private and public sector

Posted on July 24, 2017 by smellincoffee

Let’s start the week off with two birds and one stone!     Earlier in the week I was finally able to get access to No Place to Hide, by Glenn Greenwald, on his encounter with Edward Snowden and the … Continue reading →

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Consent of the Networked

Posted on July 20, 2017 by smellincoffee

Consent of the Networked; The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom© 2012 Rebeca MacKinnon352 pages A couple of weeks ago I read Who Controls the Internet, which covered in part nation-states’ role in reasserting national boundaries in cyberspace. Consent of the … Continue reading →

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Medical tricorders, dirty old men, and controlling the internet

Posted on July 3, 2017 by smellincoffee

Before we head further into July, here are a few ‘missed’ reviews.. First up, The Patient Will See You Now. This book was part of the “Rebuilding Towards the Future” series, in which I read books about ways that ideas … Continue reading →

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Masters of Doom

Posted on June 18, 2017 by smellincoffee

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture © 2004 David Kushner, Audible presentation read by Wil Wheaton, runtime 12 hours & 43 minutes 334 pages I wasn’t playing PC games  in the early nineties … Continue reading →

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I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did

Posted on June 16, 2017 by smellincoffee

I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy© 2013 Lori Andrews272 pages Think about what you put on facebook. If you’re like most people,  there is something in your photos, comments, … Continue reading →

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CYBERPUNK

Posted on June 9, 2017 by smellincoffee

CYBERPUNK: Hackers and Outlaws on the Computer Frontier© 1991 Katie Hafner400 pages Cyberpunk takes readers back to the early days of hacking, when it was so old-school that computers weren’t involved. Using three case  in the United States and western … Continue reading →

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Kingpin

Posted on June 4, 2017 by smellincoffee

Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground© 2011 Kevin Pulsen288 pages If Meyer Lanksy had gone straight, a contemporary of his noted, he could have rivaled Nelson Rockefeller. Maybe the same could be said for Max Butler, … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Zero Day

Posted on May 27, 2017 by smellincoffee

Countdown to Zero Day:  Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon© 2014 Kim Zetter448 pages A couple of years ago I created a new label, ‘digital world’, in recognition of the fact that the Internet is no … Continue reading →

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