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Steal This Computer Book 3: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet
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Author: Wallace Wang
List Price: $24.95
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ISBN: 1593270003
Publisher: No Starch Press (May, 2003)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 9,871
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
A Must-Read Internet Exposé
A great book -- packed with information, and an enjoyable read to boot. "Steal This Computer Book 3" reveals the "other" side of the Internet -- the good stuff (many great little-known resources) and the bad stuff (viruses, trojans, hackers and various other baddies). I was happy to learn I was already doing most of what I needed to do to secure my computer, and the book inspired me to beef up my security even more. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Abbie Would Be Proud
Abbie Hoffman if he were alive today would be impressed with the job Wallace has done writing this book about the "dark underside" of the Internet, not to mention coining the title of Abbie's now famous tome "Steal This Book." From hate groups on the net to censored web sites to ways to get around "filtering software" to ways to protect yourself and your computer from getting viruses, this book contains a wealth of information you probably won't find in other computer books.The book is divided into five main parts and several appendices. Part 1 titled "Information Overload" deals with subjects like finding information by using search engines, methods of finding "alternative sources of news," getting past Internet filters and parental control software, online activism, and hate groups. Part 2 discusses "Internet Threats," like viruses, and Internet con games. Part 3 describes how to "break in and enter a computer (and it's fairly easy to do) and Part 4 discusses how to keep people from breaking in to your computer (nice of Wallace to do that I'd say), as well as a great chapter called "Computing on a Shoestring (finding cheap computers and software for it). Part 5 also discusses ways to protect your computer (firewalls, ways to delete sensitive data beyond recovery) and the book's first Appendix describes software that can be used for all of these various computer tasks. Another appendix describes a "hacker's gallery of rogue tools" for "hacking" or "cracking other folks' computers. Wang takes great pains to say that none of these tools or information should be used to do anything illegal, however I suspect a number of people will anyway. Still, I feel it's better to be prepared for that possibility than to do nothing when it comes to using your computer or being on the Internet. I found this book to be a valuable resource, one that I intend to refer to whenever a privacy or "hacker issue" comes up for me.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Helpful for regular people
Not a subject you hear much about.
Clever, from the cover to the end.The interview is online at
http://www.7to7.net/wng.html There's a transcript for those using dial up. --J. R.
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