Author(s): Gabriella Blum, Benjamin Wittes
Categories: Computers > Cryptography
Publisher: Basic Books
Publish date: 2015-03-10
ISBN-10: 0465089747
ISBN-13: 9780465089741
Language: English
Description:
From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the
National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the
power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what
happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their
fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and
robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to
potentially dangerous technologiesfrom drones to computer
networks and biological agentswhich could be used to attack
states and private citizens alike.
In The Future of Violence, law and security experts
Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Blum detail the… more…
From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the
National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the
power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what
happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their
fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and
robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to
potentially dangerous technologiesfrom drones to computer
networks and biological agentswhich could be used to attack
states and private citizens alike.
In The Future of Violence, law and security experts
Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Blum detail the… more…