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I Know Who You Are And I Saw What You Did: Social Networks And The Death Of Privacy (2012)

by Lori Andrews(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1451650515 (ISBN13: 9781451650518)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Free Press

review 1: Anybody who has or has not used social networks should read this book in order to be more cautious about which kind of information, comments or photos they post on the Internet.As a European citizen, I feel more protected from the kind of abusive collecting of data Americans are subjected to, yet I do feel the right to be forgotten is difficult to apply on the web even in the EU. I remember an instance when some years ago I used a bogus e-mail address to register on Facebook. More than 6 years after leaving the website, I used the same bogus address to create a new account, this time with another name... ALL of the former friends I had on my previous account were proposed to me to be friended even BEFORE I had entered any other information. It was so scary and disturbing t... morehat I completely erased this new account within the next 24 hours.Increasingly, we're made to feel that without a Facebook account, it's difficult - even impossible - to have a social life. But is spending hours in front of a screen posting about your various states of mind, having a social life? Data collection is already a problem of magnificent proportion when you are just surfing on the web but the price to pay for the connectivity offered by social networks is, as far as I am concerned, too much for what it is. I can do without, but for those of us who are Facebook/MySpace/Twitter addicted, the author advocates the creation of a Social Network Constitution. However bright this idea is, no doubt businesses are gonna fight tooth and nail to thwart any attempt to get one, so don't expect your rights to be protected in the near future.The stakes are high and few of us are truly aware of the deep ramifications of using such services.It is common knowledge that it's only once you've lost something that you realize how precious it was: privacy has on the whole already been lost, it's now time to reclaim it.
review 2: Enlightening and infuriating, but ultimately a fascinating read. Andrews does a nice job of laying out the ways society is incorrectly dealing with social network privacy issues, and builds the book around proposals for a Social Network Constitution.The enlightening part of the book is in learning the many ways that data-aggregating companies will troll for, purchase, and abuse a person's data. Most of us know this is done on some level, but to have it laid out specifically in black and white, you come to realize how large the operation is.The infuriating part comes in the many, many real-life cases of people being cruel and deceitful to one another over social networks (getting them fired, snooping, talking teens into suicide, threatening lawyers, etc) and the invariably light sentences these people receive. It is mind-boggling the light view of internet privacy that is held by our court system. Many times, the author drills home the point that if the same threats, or intimidation, or snooping were done through phone or snail mail, they would be federal offenses. Due to either ignorance or a cavalier attitude about the web, many courts are inexplicably lenient.I KNOW WHO... is a brisk, easy read, dotted with salacious and exciting real-life cases throughout to keep your interest. If you are reading this review, chances are you are a Facebook/internet addict and will appreciate this book.4/5 stars. less

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