Spychips : How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Purchase and Watc H Your Every Move
by Liz McIntyre; Katherine Albrecht
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0452287669
- ISBN 13
- 9780452287662
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
As you walk down the street, a tiny microchip implanted in your tennis shoe tracks your every move; chips woven into your clothing transmit the value of your outfit to nearby retailers; and a thief scans the chips hidden inside your money to decide if you’re worth robbing. This isn’t science fiction; in a few short years, it could be a fact of life. Spychips takes readers into the frightening world of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). While manufacturers and the government want you to believe that they would never misuse the technology, the future looks like an Orwellian nightmare when you consider the possibilities of surveillance and tracking these chips embody. Combining in-depth research with firsthand reporting, Spychips reveals how RFID technology, if left unchecked, could soon destroy our privacy, radically alter the economy, and open the floodgates for civil liberty abuses.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G0452287669I4N00
- Title
- Spychips : How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Purchase and Watc H Your Every Move
- Author
- Liz McIntyre; Katherine Albrecht
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0452287669
- ISBN 13
- 9780452287662
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 2006
Terms of Sale
ThriftBooks
About the Seller
ThriftBooks
About ThriftBooks
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...