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Title: Future Crimes
Subtitle: A Journey to the Dark Side of Technology - and How to Survive It
Author: Marc Goodman
Narrator: Marc Goodman, Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-23-15
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Technology
Publisher's Summary:
The New York Times Best Seller
Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside. Criminals are often the earliest and most innovative adopters of technology, and modern times have led to modern crimes.
Today's criminals are stealing identities, draining online bank accounts, and wiping out computer servers. It's disturbingly easy to activate baby-cam monitors to spy on families, pacemakers can be hacked to deliver lethal jolts, and thieves are analyzing your social media in order to determine the best time for a home invasion.
Meanwhile 3-D printers produce AK-47s, terrorists can download the recipe for the Ebola virus, and drug cartels are building drones. This is just the beginning of the tsunami of technological threats coming our way. In Future Crimes Marc Goodman rips open his database of hundreds of real cases to give us front-row access to these impending perils.
Reading like a sci-fi thriller but based in startling fact, Goodman raises tough questions about the expanding role of technology in our lives. Future Crimes is a call to action for better security measures worldwide but, most importantly, will empower readers to protect themselves against these looming technological threats - before it's too late.
Members Reviews:
amazing and enlightenment throughout
I am in the security game and this was an education and eye opener as we focus on specialist areas. I will reread this soon.
Mind blowing reality
Comfortable listening with mind blowing facts. I would recommend this to all who want an understanding of today's technical social world.
Thought provoking
This book has changed how I think about the data I produce and the head in the sand naivety with which I have used free apps, websites, etc in the past. I will never submit any personal data on the Internet again.. Oh wait..
one of the best.
What did you like most about Future Crimes?
a must read or listen put on your bucket list of things to do.
What did you like best about this story?
it made me aware of things i thought i knew but i was wrong GREAT READ.
What about Marc Goodman and Robertson Dean s performance did you like?
yes
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
all of it
Any additional comments?
is there a film
Be afraid - be v afraid ...
I am no tech-head - perhaps more a Luddite than anything, but I still wanted to understand the direction of our world today in relation to IT-enabled crimes. And this book gave me the grounding I was seeking. Full of examples, it could serve to terrify given the invisible and latent power of the current day hacker. However, if one risks reading this book, at least the potential of these people begins to hit one's radar and provides an opportunity to put in place some protection. And, one can inform the younger generation who generally seem less guarded about openly sharing their personal information on the WWW. A good read - just be aware the the examples tend to drag on a little towards the end of the book ...
