Data and Goliath : the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world

Data is everywhere. We create it every time we go online, turn our phone on (or off) or pay with a credit card. This data is stored, studied, bought and sold by companies and governments for surveillance and for control. "Foremost security expert" (Wired) Bruce Schneier shows how this data has led to a double-edged Internet--a Web that gives power to the people but is abused by the institutions on which those people depend. In Data and Goliath, Schneier reveals the full extent of surveillance, censorship and propaganda in society today, examining the risks of cybercrime, cyberterrorism and cyberwar. He shares technological, legal and social solutions that can help shape a more equal, private and secure world.

• Introduction p. 1
• Part 1 The World We're Creating
• 1 Data as a By-product of Computing p. 13
• 2 Data as Surveillance p. 20
• 3 Analyzing Our Data p. 33
• 4 The Business of Surveillance p. 46
• 5 Government Surveillance and Control p. 62
• 6 Consolidation of Institutional Control p. 78
• Part 2 What's At Stake
• 7 Political Liberty and Justice p. 91
• 8 Commercial Fairness and Equality p. 108
• 9 Business Competitiveness p. 119
• 10 Privacy p. 125
• 11 Security p. 135
• Part 3 What to Do About It
• 12 Principles p. 155
• 13 Solutions for Government p. 167
• 14 Solutions for Corporations p. 190
• 15 Solutions for the Rest of Us p. 213
• 16 Social Norms and the Big Data Trade-off p. 226
• Acknowledgments p. 239
• Notes p. 243
• Index p. 365