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The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch
A compelling argument that the Internet of things threatens human rights and security and that suggests policy prescriptions to protect our future
The Internet has leapt from human-facing display screens into the material objects all around us. In this so-called Internet of Things—connecting everything from cars to cardiac monitors to home appliances—there is no longer a meaningful distinction between physical and virtual worlds. Everything is connected. The social and economic benefits are tremendous, but there is a downside: an outage in cyberspace can result not only in a loss of communication but also potentially a loss of life. Control of this infrastructure has become a proxy for political power, since countries can easily reach across borders to disrupt real-world systems. Laura DeNardis argues that this diffusion of the Internet into the physical world radically escalates governance concerns around privacy, discrimination, human safety, democracy, and national security, and she offers new cyber-policy solutions. In her discussion, she makes visible the sinews of power already embedded in our technology and explores how hidden technical governance arrangements will become the constitution of our future.
The Internet has leapt from human-facing display screens into the material objects all around us. In this so-called Internet of Things—connecting everything from cars to cardiac monitors to home appliances—there is no longer a meaningful distinction between physical and virtual worlds. Everything is connected. The social and economic benefits are tremendous, but there is a downside: an outage in cyberspace can result not only in a loss of communication but also potentially a loss of life. Control of this infrastructure has become a proxy for political power, since countries can easily reach across borders to disrupt real-world systems. Laura DeNardis argues that this diffusion of the Internet into the physical world radically escalates governance concerns around privacy, discrimination, human safety, democracy, and national security, and she offers new cyber-policy solutions. In her discussion, she makes visible the sinews of power already embedded in our technology and explores how hidden technical governance arrangements will become the constitution of our future.
286 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 7, 2020
About the author
Laura DeNardis
15 books9 followersLaura DeNardis is one of the world’s leading Internet governance scholars and a professor in the School of Communication at American University. She is the author of The Global War for Internet Governance and other books.
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October 18, 2023
The book is the updated version for The Global War for Internet Governance (2014). The author is by far the most authoritative voice in this topic. The insights provide not only an accurate and nuanced diagnosed of the present but also a framework of action for the future.
June 30, 2020
It is an amazing book for the current and not so far time. It show the benefits and problems of the technology as we know now.
March 23, 2023
At least it’s over
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April 9, 2026DNF @ 48 pages - Will come back to this one when I am in a more receptive headspace.
Fantastic ideas, just quite dense/textbook-esque.
Fantastic ideas, just quite dense/textbook-esque.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews