The End of Privacy: The Attack on Personal Rights at Home, at Work, On-Line, and in Court

by Charles J. Sykes

Book Overview

As Justice Louis Brandeis suggested more than a century ago, privacythe right to be left aloneis the most valued, if not the most celebrated, right enjoyed by Americans. But in the face of computer,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312203500
• ISBN13: 9780312203504
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Another hit!

I discovered Sykes when I read "Nation of Victims" several years ago. Interestingly, another book by a different author with the same name "The End of Privacy" was released about the same time as Sykes' "End of Privacy" by Reg Whitaker.Sykes is more in line with my own concerns regarding privacy as well as the even more compelling issue which is the threat to freedom posed by intrusive tracking technologies.The ultimate horror will occur when this technology, matures and riding on a universal netted infrastructure eventually replaces paper currencies, which are still nominally anonymous, with a digital system which is not.That will bring the real end of privacy and freedom. Because it will eliminate most criminal activity for profit and a host of other problems as well it will almost certainly be accepted by the majority of Americans as progress.The very best portrayal-in fact the only portrayal of this kind of system is in "Transfer-the end of the beginning" by Jerry Furland. I recommend all Sykes fans, especially those interested in near future outcomes and consequences, to get a copy of "Transfer".