Ergebnis für "Whistleblower" in Computer & Technologie

Ein 19-Jähriger, der vom elterlichen Wohnzimmer aus knapp eine Tonne Drogen verkauft, Whistleblower, die im Schutz der Anonymität brisante Informationen übermitteln. Leute, die aus Neugier online Falschgeld kaufen, politische Kollektive, die ihre Plattform vor dem Zugriff von Behörden schützen wollen. Der Journalist Stefan Mey hat sich in die Tiefen des Darknets begeben. Schnell wurde ihm klar, wie viele der kursierenden Informationen Mythen sind und wie wenig an wirklichem Wissen existiert. Es hat ihn gereizt, diesem schwer zu erkundenden Ort seine Geheimnisse zu entlocken.

Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of this global phenomenon just as some of its members were turning to political protest and dangerous disruption. She ended up becoming so closely connected to Anonymous that the tricky story of her inside-outside status as Anon confidante, interpreter, and erstwhile mouthpiece forms one of the themes of this witty and entirely engrossing book.

In this explosive memoir, a political consultant and technology whistleblower reveals the disturbing truth about the multi-billion-dollar data industry, revealing to the public how companies are getting richer using our personal information and exposing how Cambridge Analytica exploited weaknesses in privacy laws to help elect Donald Trump - and how this could easily happen again in the 2020 presidential election.

In the spring of 2021, when news outlets feasted on "the Facebook Files," Frances Haugen went public as the former employee who blew the whistle on the company by copying tens of thousands of documents. She testified to Congress and spoke to the media. She was hailed at President Biden's first State of the Union Address. She made sure everyone understood exactly what the documents revealed: Facebook not only set its algorithm to reward extremism, it knew that its customers were using the platform to foment violence, to spread falsehoods, to diminish the self-esteem of young people, and more.

The New York Times best seller about a noted tech venture capitalist, early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and Facebook investor, who wakes up to the serious damage Facebook is doing to our society—and sets out to try to stop it.