As the 21st century dawns, advances in technology endanger  our privacy in ways never before imagined. Direct marketers and  retailers track our every purchase; surveillance cameras observe  our movements; mobile phones will soon report our location  to those who want to track us; government eavesdroppers  listen in on private communications; misused medical records turn our bodies and our histories against us; and linked  databases assemble detailed consumer profiles used to  predict and influence our behavior.  Privacy--the  most basic of our civil rights--is in grave peril.  Simson Garfinkel--journalist, entrepreneur, and international authority on computer security--has spent his career testing new technologies and warning about their implications. Database Nation  is his compelling account of how invasive technologies will  affect our lives in the coming years. It's a timely,  far-reaching, entertaining, and thought-provoking look  at the serious threats to privacy facing us today. The book poses a disturbing question: how can we protect  our basic rights to privacy, identity, and autonomy when  technology is making invasion and control easier than ever before?  Garfinkel's captivating blend of journalism, storytelling,  and futurism is a call to arms. It will frighten, entertain,  and ultimately convince us that we must take action now to  protect our privacy and identity before it's too late.

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