Résumé
By the author of Harley Hahn's Internet Yellow
Pages...over two million copies in print!
2. Is Your Business Their Business?
3. Staying One Step Ahead.
4. Taking Control.
5. The Psychology of Privacy.
6. You Just Think You Have Rights.
7. The Politics of Privacy.
8. Our Need to Communicate: Email, Chatting and Privacy.
9. The Mystery of Viruses: Revealed.
10. Protecting Your Stuff: Viruses and Common Sense.
11. Protecting Your Stuff: Configuring Your System.
12 Understanding Money (Really!)
13. Protecting Your Money: Shopping and Selling Without Fear.
14. Protecting Your Family: Sex, Relationships and Children.
Appendix.
Index.
Why Your Privacy, Security, and Safety are at risk and what you can do about it.
You are being watched!
- Do you have at a right to privacy at work? The answer may scare you. See "Why You Are On Your Own" in Chapter 2.
- Would you like to know how to protect your personal information at work? It's easy. Just read "Cleaning Out Your Computer Every Day" in Chapter 4.
- Do you suspect that your spouse may be having an online affair? Don't be fooled. See "8 Signs That Your Spouse is Having an Online Affair" in Chapter 14.
- Don't get fooled. That suspicious message may not be true. Find out by reading "8 Sure-fire Ways to Spot an Email Hoax" in Chapter 8.
- Are you concerned about the government monitoring your Internet activities? You're in for a surprise. See "Is Big Brother Really Watching?" in Chapter 1.
- Why are big companies allowed to trample on your rights to privacy? Find out the real truth by reading "Have the Cowboys Run Amuck?" in Chapter 6.
- Are you concerned about your family being exposed to pornography on the Net? Don't be a victim. See "Net Sex and Pornography" in Chapter 14.
- Is there a sure-fire way to protect your computer from viruses? Yes! All you need to do is follow the instructions in "How to Be Safe: 4 Simple Rules" in Chapter 10.
- Are you thinking about spending money on the Net? Don't spend a dime until you read "6 Ways to Protect Yourself When You Buy Online" in Chapter 13.
- How can you safeguard your email address from advertisers and prevent unwanIt's easier than you think. See "Protecting Your Email Address" in Chapter 8.
- You need to protect your children when they use the Net, but what is the best way to do it? The answer is in "Children and the Net" in Chapter 14.
Real Answers to Important Questions from the Best-Selling Internet Author of All Time.
Contents
1. Toward A Grand Unified Theory.
The Roots of the Internet.
The Internet is Now “The Net” . Is Big Brother
Really Watching? Carnivore is an Omnivore. What the FBI
Assistant Director Has to Say. When Internet Law
Enforcement Runs Amok. What Superintendent Babin Has to
Say. How the Internet Works: TCP/IP. Moving the Data:
Routers, ISPs, NSPs and NAPs. Who Runs the Internet? The
Nature of the Net. Is It Realistic to Have an Expectation
of Privacy?
2. Is Your Business Their Business?
It's Different at Work.
The Rules Rule. Why You Are on Your Own. What Not to Do at
Work. The Weak Links in the Chain of Privacy. It's Worse
Than You Think. Even Paranoids Have Real Enemies.
Protecting Yourself. Software That Snoops.
3. Staying One Step Ahead.
Some Web Terminology. Your
Browser History. Where the Pictures Are: Your Cache.
AutoComplete. Controlling Your Browser History. Controlling
AutoComplete. Disks and Discs. How Data is Measured on a
Disk. Strange Metric Terminology. Files and Folders.
Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer Options. Flushing the
Cache.
4. Taking Control.
Clients and Servers. Web
Clients and Servers. Web-Based Email. How Private is
Web-Based Email? How Private is Regular Email? Sneaky
Browser Tricks: Cookies. Why Are Cookies Used So Much? An
Approach to the Privacy Dilemma. What to Do About Cookies.
Tossing Your Cookies. The Balance of Power. You Are Not the
Customer. Cleaning Out Your Computer Every Day. Bequeathing
YourComputer. The Windows Registry. Programs That Take Your
Side.
5. The Psychology of Privacy.
Transition and Ignorance.
Why Talk About Privacy? What is Privacy? A Lack of
Vocabulary. Our Desire for Privacy. The Controlling Forces.
Who Gets Privacy? Our Real Needs.
6. You Just Think You Have Rights.
Do We Have a Right to
Privacy? The Highest Law of the Land. What the Supreme
Court Has to Say. Thinking on a Large Scale. The American
Frontier. Why Americans Are Cowboys. Have the Cowboys Run
Amuck? Why We Let Them Get Away With It.
7. The Politics of Privacy.
The Rules. Privacy
Policies. How to Think About Privacy Policies. Why ID
Numbers Are Important. U.S. Social Security Numbers 172
Should We Be Worried? What Privacy Commissioner Slane Has
to Say. Why We Need Regulation.
8. Our Need to Communicate: Email, Chatting and Privacy.
The Biological Urge to
Communicate. Computing as a Social Activity. The Golden Age
of Computing. The Personal Computer. The Reason for
Networks. Is the Net Enough? Sharing by Email. How to Share
by Email. Emailing Blind Copies. Embarrassment and
Distress: A True Story. Why is There So Much Misinformation
on the Net? 8. Sure-fire Ways to Spot an Email Hoax. Hoaxes
and Urban Legends. The 5 Biggest Email Mistakes. Protecting
Your Email Address. How to Get a Disposable Email Address.
Protecting Other People's Email Privacy. Talk is Cheap (and
Not Very Private). Abbreviations and Acronyms.
9. The Mystery of Viruses: Revealed.
What Are Viruses? The
Virus Challenge. How a Virus Spreads From One File to
Another. Who Creates Viruses? The Three Types of Viruses.
Virus Hoaxes. The Trojan Horse. Early Computer Viruses.
Early Worms. The Last Days of Innocence. The Worm That
Brought Down the Net. The Internet Worm: Prologue. Quick
Diversion: A Puzzle.
10. Protecting Your Stuff: Viruses and Common Sense.
Who Needs Special Virus
Protection? How Viruses Spread by Sharing Files. What to Do
About Regular Viruses. How Viruses Spread Through Email.
What Happens When You Open a File? What to Do About Email
Viruses. Making Sure Attachments Are Really Gone. Security
vs Convenience. Macro Viruses. Early Macro Viruses. What to
Do About Macro Viruses. Antivirus Programs: The Real Truth.
What Should You Do If You Get a Virus on Your Computer? How
to Be Safe: 4 Simple Rules. Quick Diversion: The
Solution.
11. Protecting Your Stuff: Configuring Your System.
Two Startling Truths. Are
There Dangerous Web Sites? Scripting Languages. Making Your
Browser Safe. Making Your Email Program Safe. Extra
Protection Against Evil Scripts. How to Remove Windows
Scripting Host: Windows 98/ME. How to Remove Dangerous File
Extensions: Windows 95. Protecting Your Network: Firewalls.
Late One Night.
12 Understanding Money (Really!)
What is Money? The Idea of
Money. Who Invented Money? Coins. Paper Money. The First
Successful Paper Money. Inflation and Hyperinflation. The
Real Lesson of History. How Roosevelt and Nixon Ended the
Gold Standard. Business Cycles: Why Someone Needs to Be In
Charge. Who Controls the Money Supply? How Most Money is
Created. How the Fed Creates and Destroys Money: Part I.
How the Fed Creates and Destroys Money: Part II. Money
Desensitization. Money and You. Money and the Net. The
Internet Factor.
13. Protecting Your Money: Shopping and Selling Without Fear.
Two True Stories. How the
Net Affects Buying and Selling. What Is It Like to Buy
Something on the Net? How to Protect Your Privacy When You
Buy Online. Why It Is Okay to Specify Fake Information. Is
It Safe to Buy Online? Will a Hacker Get Your Credit Card
Number? What You Really Need to Worry About. 6 Ways to
Protect Yourself When You Buy Online. 5 Ways to Evaluate an
Online Vendor.
Shipping and Handling Charges: The Real Truth. How to Find What You Want: Shopping Bots. How to Find What You Want: Search Engines. Personal Financial Services. Several Words to the Wise. Online Payment Services. What is an Online Auction? Getting Started With Auctions. How to Protect Yourself Against Auction Fraud. 10 Tips to Make Online Auctions Work for You. The Most Important Hint of All.
Shipping and Handling Charges: The Real Truth. How to Find What You Want: Shopping Bots. How to Find What You Want: Search Engines. Personal Financial Services. Several Words to the Wise. Online Payment Services. What is an Online Auction? Getting Started With Auctions. How to Protect Yourself Against Auction Fraud. 10 Tips to Make Online Auctions Work for You. The Most Important Hint of All.
14. Protecting Your Family: Sex, Relationships and Children.
Understanding Our Basic
Nature. Evolution and Natural Selection. The Secret of
Life. Sexual and Asexual Reproduction. Why We Need
Relationships. Why We Need Friends and Family. What Really
Happens When You Talk on the Net. The Nature of Friendship.
A Modern-Day True Love Story. Couples and the Net. 8 Signs
That Your Spouse is Having an Online Affair. What to Do If
Your Spouse is Having an Online Affair. Net Sex and
Pornography. Children and the Net.
Appendix.
Index.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Prentice Hall |
| Auteur(s) | Harley Hahn |
| Parution | 20/11/2001 |
| Nb. de pages | 492 |
| Format | 13,9 x 20,9 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 650g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780130334480 |
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