Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier | Book Club

Full Title: Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

Suggested by: Book Shop Extra

Pages to read: 280
ISBN: 9780393352177 (Originally listed edition, and Edition I am Using)

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1 - Open Conversations - 05/13/2023 = The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195627/)
2 - Evil - 06/10/2023 = A Philosophy of Evil by Lars Svendsen (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195702/)
3 - Application of Government Misuse - 06/24/2023 = Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195712/)
4 - Application of Government Use - 07/22/2023 = Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195761/)
5 - Power - 09/16/2023 = Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us by Brian Klaas (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290196239/)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What are the benefits of technology and surveillance?
•What are the consequences of technology and surveillance?
•What data do governments and companies collect?
•How did technological evolution change how surveillance is conducted?
•How is data gathered?
•When is data collection and use acceptable? When are they not acceptable?
•How is mass surveillance used on a population?
•How do people behave when they are being surveilled?
•What happens to currently acceptable claims with surveillance?
•How can people protect themselves against surveillance?
•How to obtain anonymity?
•What is metadata?
•Is tracking needed?
•What is the different between targeted surveillance and mass surveillance? How effective is each?
•How is government on government espionage used?
•What are cyberattacks?
•What are the implications of everyone using the same networks?
•What are the consequences of whistleblowing?
•Does the NSA collect data on Americans?
•What surveillance choice do individuals have when trying to use corporate products?
•Who is the consumer of corporate products?
•Why do companies need to collect more and more data on the individual?
•How to determine advertisements value? How did that value change?
•How is the NSA involved in corporate security?
•What is a panopticon?
•How is privacy and liberty connected?
•How does surveillance change what people say and do?
•How do previous illegal acts and claims become legal?
•What is the purpose of privacy?
•What are the health implications of surveillance?
•Should surveillance be accepted even with nothing to hide?
•What is the security and privacy trade-off?