Future Crimes
A Journey to the Dark Side of Technology - and How to Survive It
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Narrated by:
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Marc Goodman
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Robertson Dean
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By:
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Marc Goodman
Summary
The New York Times Best Seller
Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside. Criminals are often the earliest and most innovative adopters of technology, and modern times have led to modern crimes.
Today's criminals are stealing identities, draining online bank accounts, and wiping out computer servers. It's disturbingly easy to activate baby-cam monitors to spy on families, pacemakers can be hacked to deliver lethal jolts, and thieves are analyzing your social media in order to determine the best time for a home invasion.
Meanwhile 3-D printers produce AK-47s, terrorists can download the recipe for the Ebola virus, and drug cartels are building drones. This is just the beginning of the tsunami of technological threats coming our way. In Future Crimes Marc Goodman rips open his database of hundreds of real cases to give us front-row access to these impending perils.
Reading like a sci-fi thriller but based in startling fact, Goodman raises tough questions about the expanding role of technology in our lives. Future Crimes is a call to action for better security measures worldwide but, most importantly, will empower readers to protect themselves against these looming technological threats - before it's too late.
©2015 Marc Goodman (P)2015 Random House AudiobooksShould be mandatory reading.
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Where does Future Crimes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Good in detail but short on delivery. Could be more succinct.What other book might you compare Future Crimes to, and why?
McMafia as they are on th same subject.Did the narration match the pace of the story?
No, far too slow.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The threats and the size of the dark web.Any additional comments?
Good if a little slow.Good but slow
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Pay close attention from chapter 17 onwards....
A must read for everyone - a real eye opener...
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Marc either has the gift of prophecy, or is very simply able to to see the potential (good and bad) of our connected world.
This book should be on the shelf of every IT manager, politician, CEO, school administrator, government (local and national) official.
Marc has been able to articulate the dangers of total interconnectivity, and offer solutions to enable users of any network, which is pretty much all of us, to be more aware of the use that your click/tap can be put to.
What was particularly prescient was the prediction that the weakness in Windows XP could be exploited on a global scale. A full 2 years before the actual event.
Afraid!..you will be.
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Would you listen to Future Crimes again? Why?
Possibly, to review the suggestions as to how technology and security can be improved/What was one of the most memorable moments of Future Crimes?
The hypocrisy of those that advocate surveillance but then also guard their privacy.Have you listened to any of Marc Goodman and Robertson Dean ’s other performances? How does this one compare?
No.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The book made me very concerned about how I use technology on a daily basis.Any additional comments?
The pace at which technology has advanced and enriched our lives has meant that the security has been an after thought. It is a gloomy read with practically every type of technology being vulnerable at some point during its existence.A fascinating read that will keep you hooked to the very end. The sheer scale of wrong doing that is going on is almost incomprehensible. The book has detailed facts which back up the many security incidents that are mentioned. This is a book that I highly recommend is worth reading.
Be afraid, be very afraid! At the least concerned.
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