Book description
We have created the ultimate hive-mind robot: an Internet of interconnected devices that senses, thinks and acts. Bruce Schneier calls it the "World-Sized Web". It includes everything from driverless cars to smart thermostats, from billboards that respond to specific people to drones equipped with their own behavioural algorithms. While the…
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1 author picked Click Here to Kill Everybody as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found the gist of this powerful book to best summed up by former National Cybersecurity Center director Rod Beckstrom's maxim: (1) anything connected to the Internet can be hacked; (2) everything is being connected to the Internet; (3) as a result, everything is becoming vulnerable.
I was shocked by the harrowing detail with which the author demonstrates our vulnerabilities: Our medical and financial information is potentially held hostage by our internet connectivity, as evidenced by innumerable ransomware attacks worldwide, and the internet dependence of our utilities, our factories, our ports, and our military imperils our physical existence.
I also…
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