Someone's Watching You! : 50 Steps to Protect Your Privacy : From Microchips in Your Underwear to Satellites Monitoring Your Every Move, Find Out Who's Tracking You and What You Can Do About It

From Micropchips in your Underwear to Satellites Monitoring Your Every Move, Find Out Who's Tracking You and What You Can Do about It Somewhere in D.C., a vast computer complex churns through quintillions of data bytes about every American, living or dead. __And one of them is you!__ Satellites circle in space, prying into your intimate family secrets, while underground groups plot how to clone your DNA. Your phone may be tapped, your office burglarized, your identity stolen. They're bugging your clothing and hacking your e-mail. There's no place to hide. Or is there? In this book, you'll learn about real, little-known secret programs run by both the public and private sectors. And once you're armed with that knowledge, you'll learn practical steps you can—and __must__—take to keep your private life private and lose Big Brother for good! Introduction......Page 8 PART I CORPORATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ARE WATCHING YOU......Page 10 Chapter 1 GOOGLE’S PLOT TO CONQUER THE WORLD......Page 12 Chapter 2 TRYING TO STAY HIDDEN? TOO BAD. FACEBOOK WILL FIND YOU......Page 29 Chapter 3 SUPER SAVER OR HIGH-TECH SCAM? GROCERY STORE DISCOUNT CARDS......Page 52 Chapter 4 RFID EMBEDDING—QUIT WEARING UNDERWEAR AND USING CREDIT CARDS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE......Page 65 Chapter 5 POCKET-SIZED SPIES—HOW YOUR GADGETS BETRAY YOU......Page 89 PART II THE GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOU......Page 105 Chapter 6 ECHELON—THE MONSTROUSLY HUGE GIANT SCARY GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM......Page 107 Chapter 7 NAZI DOCTORS, SEX DISEASES, AND LSD—THE SECRET HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTS ON HUMAN BEINGS......Page 122 Chapter 8 SKIN, SALIVA, AND FOOTPRINTS—HOW YOUR BODY BETRAYS YOU......Page 142 Chapter 9 THE REAL TERMINATORS—KILLER DRONES AND MILITARY ROBOTS......Page 165 Chapter 10 WIRETAPPING, THE NSA, AND PHONE COMPANIES—A LOVE STORY......Page 185 Chapter 11 SPY SATELLITES—THE INVISIBLE EYES IN THE SKY......Page 207 Chapter 12 ELECTRONIC VOTING—DEMOCRACY’S WATERLOO......Page 225 PART III SPIES, CRIMINALS, AND CREEPS ARE WATCHING YOU......Page 241 Chapter 13 RADIATION SPIES—VAN ECK PHREAKING AND HOMEBREW SIGNALS INTERCEPTION......Page 243 Chapter 14 HIDDEN CAMERAS, SECRET MICROPHONES, AND BLACK BAG TEAMS— THE MEN IN BLACK ARE ON YOUR TRAIL......Page 254 Chapter 15 SECURITY CAMERAS—EYES, EYES EVERYWHERE......Page 278 Chapter 16 419S, PHISHERMEN, AND HACKERS—WHO’S PWNING YOU RIGHT NOW......Page 293 Conclusion......Page 310 Index......Page 311 Somewhere in D.C., a vast computer complex churns through quintillions of data bytes about every American, living or dead. And one of them is you! Satellites circle in space, prying into your intimate family secrets, while underground groups plot how to clone your DNA. Your phone may be tapped, your office burglarized, your identity stolen. They're bugging your clothing and hacking your e-mail. There's no place to hide. Or is there? In this book, you'll learn about real, little-known secret programs run by both the public and private sectors. And once you're armed with that knowledge, you'll learn practical steps you canand must take to keep your private life private and lose Big Brother for good! Satellites circle in space, prying into your intimate family secrets, while underground groups plot how to clone your DNA. Your phone may be tapped, your office burglarized, your identity stolen. They are bugging your clothing and hacking your e-mail. There's no place to hide Some people are paranoid about aliens invading America. Some are paranoid about Barack Obama being a Kenyan Muslim terrorist. And some are just, well, paranoid. This title gives an account, about the things the government and businesses are doing to keep tabs on citizens. A guide to maintaining privacy and protecting personal information