Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneier on Security

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The business and economics of security -- Crime, terrorism, spying, and war -- Human aspects of security -- Privacy and surveillance -- Psychology of security -- Security and technology -- Travel and security -- Security, policy, liberty, and law.;An anthology of more than 155 essays by the author on his assessments of security and technology; the psychological, human, business, and economic aspects of security; privacy and surveillance; crime, terrorism, spying, and war; liberty and law, and more. Discover why our computer security is a feudal system; how science fiction writers can affect homeland security; why profiling actually makes us less safe; the myth of the transparent society; Google's and Facebook's privacy illusion; why the FBI and CIA failed to connect the dots on the Boston Marathon bombers; the story behind the Stuxnet virus; who should really be in charge of cybersecurity; how the US enabled the Chinese hacking of Google; and why scanners and sensors are the wrong way to secure the subway system.--From book jacket.