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The Art of Invisibility
The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data | Kevin Mitnick
Be online without leaving a trace. Your every step online is being tracked and stored, and your identity literally stolen. Big companies and big governments want to know and exploit what you do, and privacy is a luxury few can afford or understand. In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick uses true-life stories to show exactly what is happening without your knowledge, teaching you "the art of invisibility"--online and real-world tactics to protect you and your family, using easy step-by-step instructions. Reading this book, you will learn everything from password protection and smart Wi-Fi usage to advanced techniques designed to maximize your anonymity. Kevin Mitnick knows exactly how vulnerabilities can be exploited and just what to do to prevent that from happening. The world's most famous--and formerly the US government's most wanted--computer hacker, he has hacked into some of the country's most powerful and seemingly impenetrable agencies and companies, and at one point was on a three-year run from the FBI. Now Mitnick is reformed and widely regarded as the expert on the subject of computer security. Invisibility isn't just for superheroes--privacy is a power you deserve and need in the age of Big Brother and Big Data.
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NatalieR
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Definitely an eye opening book into how much our privacy is violated on the regular. Kevin Mitnick describes in detail how one can become invisible. It‘s a pretty intense process that requires serious diligence. If you don‘t want complete invisibility, that‘s cool, this book will still help you be smarter about your privacy. #MountTBR

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Finally wrapped up #nonfiction2019 with tagged book as #somethingpersonal — My info was part of Equifax breach, and someone has tried using my SSN. But I didn‘t find this book very helpful though, I knew the basic stuff already, and the rest seemed overly complex. I didn‘t feel like there was a lot of “low hanging fruit” that would be easy to implement.

Thank You Melissa for the awesome challenge!!!

Megabooks Great job!!! 5y
Cinfhen Congrats on completing!!! I‘m already looking forward to next year @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 🤓 5y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa 💙 Great job! And a great selection of books. I‘m so glad you enjoyed it, and sorry this book wasn‘t more helpful. 5y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Cinfhen Already have it started 😉 5y
jb72 Yay! That‘s awesome! My info got compromised too. This the reason this whole credit junk is a bunch of nonsense. 5y
AceOnRoam Well done Anne, you are my non fiction guru 👍 5y
AnneFindsJoy @Riveted_Reader_Melissa yay for running this again next year! Count me in!!! 🙌 5y
jb72 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Very cool 😎 I need to update my bingo card. Count me in! 5y
Smarkies Congratulations on finishing! I am slowly plugging away on mine. 😅 5y
Amiable Congratulations! 🎉🎈 5y
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TheWhiteHatter
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I think on this snowy Monday so me office reading is in order.

rubyslippersreads ❤️ your gargoyle. 7y
TheWhiteHatter Thanks @rubyslippersreads they were a friend of mines and she gave them to me when I left. There is a matching green one 7y
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TheWhiteHatter
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Doing some "academic" reading at work today. Reading about Caesar Ciphers and end to end encryptions! Fascinating stuff, I love the feild I work in ?! ??

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TheWhiteHatter
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So I am closing in on the end of Haary Potter and the Half Blood prince(>200 pages), and I just couldn't wait to start reading this! I have wanted to read it for a couole years now so I broke down and started it this morning. Loving it already, this will be a short read lol. Thought a fitting picture would be in my office at work where I am the IT Manager. #geekbooks #cantstopthesignal #hack #techie

GypsyKat Love your hashtag Firefly reference! 😆 8y
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