While these crimes are already rampant today, Goodman theorizes that things will get worse with the proliferation of surveillance cameras, geo-location services, RFID tags, and wireless networking technology. Future Crimes also explores the current derelict world of cyber peeping toms, bullies, revenge porn, and extortion.
The author starts with a wake-up call about data privacy and how a plethora of companies like Facebook, Google, and OkCupid, and the $150 billion dollar data broker industry regularly collect, sell, and abuse user data. In just under 400 pages, Goodman provides some basic historical background on computer security and then guides the reader through a cybercrime journey spanning consumer, industrial, medical, and various other technologies.įair warning to prospective readers: the story isn’t pretty.
Future Crimes by Marc Goodman details the dark side of technology, examining how new technologies are used and abused for criminal purposes.
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