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Ced Kurtz’s Techman Texts: Computer Surveillance Is a Trade-off

  • Ced Kurtz
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • April 7, 2015

Bruce Schneier is a world-renowned cryptographer, computer security and privacy specialist, and author of numerous books on security. So when he speaks, TechMan tends to listen.

In his latest book, “Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World,” his point is well worth taking note of: Surveillance and data collections are a trade-off between individual value and group value. You give Google personal information in return for free search, free email, free maps and all the other free things Google provides…

Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.