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    Take Back Your Privacy: The Barefoot Anarchist's Guide to Navigating Today's Digital Landscape

    By David Haywood Young

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    About this ebook

    Curious about surveillance? Wondering about the security of your computer or phone?

    These are just a couple of possible starting points. The author, with decades of experience in the field, takes us on a journey through the digital landscape. Exhaustively researched, with hundreds of links, it's nevertheless written in an informal and entertaining style.

    Do you know the difference between "a web browser" and "the internet"? That's about all you'll need, to start. When you're done with this book, you'll know more than most IT (information technology) professionals do about digital security. You'll be able to analyze the claims made by tech bloggers and those who flog their own products. You'll know much, much more about the risks to your privacy and anonymity--and why they're both so important--in today's fast-moving world.

    Then, at the end, the author tells how he once went to jail for trying to help protect thousands of college students (including himself). It's a chilling reminder of just how easily "spin" can replace substance. And yet, it's a funny story.

    Come on in and give this book a try. You'll be glad you did.

    The Table of Contents:

    • Dedication
    • Who needs this book?
    • What's a Barefoot Anarchist?
    • Chapter 1: Why Privacy? Why Encrypt?
    • Chapter 2: Threat Modeling
    • Chapter 3: Connections
    • Chapter 4: Downloading Files
    • Chapter 5: Digital Purchases
    • Chapter 6: General Computing
    • Chapter 7: Operating Systems
    • Chapter 8: Telephony
    • Chapter 9: Web Browsing
    • Chapter 10: "Cloud" Backups
    • Chapter 11: Email
    • Chapter 12: Putting It All Together
    • Appendix A: Encryption Primer
    • Appendix B: Jail!
    • Thanks for Reading!
    • Excerpt from Shiver on the Sky

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCabin Fever Press
    Release dateApr 24, 2016
    ISBN9781533706812
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    Take Back Your Privacy: The Barefoot Anarchist's Guide to Navigating Today's Digital Landscape
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    David Haywood Young

    David Haywood Young started writing books for his younger brother and sister when he was about six years old. It turned out that he couldn't make a living that way, though. Not yet, anyway. So for the first twenty or so years after he started needing to buy his own groceries, he split his time between software development and professional poker. On the software side, he had his own company until late 2012. On the poker side, he might enjoy yours. Now, though? He writes. A lot. And he's extremely happy about it. From the author: Thanks, and please feel free to drop me a line! Comments, suggestions, criticisms: all good. Also, starting 7/31/2013 I promised to post a free "Weekly Challenge" story on my blog every Wednesday. So far it's been a huge amount of fun. And I don't seem to have left myself any wiggle room...cool! Want to come watch and see what happens?

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