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Click here to kill everybody : security and survival in a hyper-connected world / Bruce Schneier.

Schneier, Bruce, 1963- (author.).

Summary:

The internet is powerful, but it is not safe. As "smart" devices proliferate the risks will get worse, unless we act now. From driverless cars to smart thermostats, from autonomous stock-trading systems to drones equipped with their own behavioral algorithms, the internet now has direct effects on the physical world. While this computerized future, often called the Internet of Things, carries enormous potential, best-selling author Bruce Schneier argues that catastrophe awaits in its new vulnerabilities and dangers.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393608885
ISBN: 0393608883
Physical Description: viii, 319 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-308) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Everything is becoming a computer -- Part I: The trends -- Computers are still hard to secure -- Patching is failing as a security paradigm -- Knowing who's who on the internet is getting harder -- Everyone favors insecurity -- Risks are becoming catastrophic -- Part II: The solutions -- What a secure internet looks like -- How we can secure the internet+ -- Government is who enables security -- How governments can prioritize defense over offense -- Plan B: what's likely to happen -- Where policy can go wrong -- Towards a trusted, resilient, and peaceful internet -- Conclusion: Bring technology and policy together.