When gadgets betray us :
Vamosi, Rob.
When gadgets betray us : the dark side of our infatuation with new technologies / Robert Vamosi. - New York : Basic Books, c2011. - xviii, 222 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A false sense of security -- The dark side of convenience -- Invisible threats -- Electronic bread crumbs -- Me, I'm not -- The myth of fingerprints -- Zeroes and ones.
Looks at the important issues that are often overlooked in the race to find the best, fastest, and most cutting-edge technological wonders.
9780465019588 0465019587
Pocket computers--Social aspects.
Pocket computers--Health aspects.
Pocket computers--Security measures.
Software failures--Risk assessment.
Computer crimes.
QA76.9.C66
004.167
When gadgets betray us : the dark side of our infatuation with new technologies / Robert Vamosi. - New York : Basic Books, c2011. - xviii, 222 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A false sense of security -- The dark side of convenience -- Invisible threats -- Electronic bread crumbs -- Me, I'm not -- The myth of fingerprints -- Zeroes and ones.
Looks at the important issues that are often overlooked in the race to find the best, fastest, and most cutting-edge technological wonders.
9780465019588 0465019587
Pocket computers--Social aspects.
Pocket computers--Health aspects.
Pocket computers--Security measures.
Software failures--Risk assessment.
Computer crimes.
QA76.9.C66
004.167