The author said that she was motivated to write the book when she learned of data scraping. The book explains how easily such sensitive data can be abused, and that ultimately, such practices lead to a loss of freedom for all of us. Dragnet nation is one of those depressing books that left me more and more paranoid with every page, to the point where, while i was reading it, i woke up in the middle of the night worrying about surveillance. If you think youre anonymous online, think again fresh air. In dragnet nation, awardwinning investigative journalist julia angwin reports from the front lines of americas surveillance economy, offering a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, private companies, and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data. Dragnet nation moves right to the top of the list of books we should all read about privacy. All tech considered in dragnet nation, julia angwin describes an oppressive blanket of electronic data surveillance. Julia angwin authors macmillan macmillan publishers. Npr stories about dragnet nation sure, you can try doing your internet browsing this way, but we cant promise that it will help you protect your personal data online. Fictional sergeant joe friday, the cream of the crop, was honest, dogged, and stoic but. If you think youre anonymous online, think again npr. This is a dragnet story based on the characters of that show. Dragnet nation details the ways in which governments and corporations can gather vast amounts of your personal data and how this affects you. The battle to control the most popular website in america, 2009, who spent years covering privacy issues for the wall street journal, draws on conversations with researchers, hackers and it experts, surveying the modern dragnet tracking made possible.
Sometimes, you just need a recommendation from a human, someone you trust. Books originally written in english by people from the uk, us, or canada. Jun 20, 2017 and yet many white people, including angelenos, were shocked by the violence and brutality of the lapd. To ask other readers questions about dragnet nation, please sign up. In chapter one of the book, angwin discusses the dangers of staying privatepublic on the internet and also discusses the way government goes about finding what people search, buy, history, etc. Though friday and pep do their share of quarreling, they eventually trace the clues to an ominous cult, and the officers interrupt a violent ceremony. I try to stick with the original, but put my own twist on the personal side of them. Dragnet, the brainchild of jack webb, may very well be the most wellremembered, and the best, radio police drama series. In dragnet nation, julia angwin of the wall street journal reports from the front lines of americas surveillance economy, a revelatory and unsettling look at how. A quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance is a 2014 book on computer and network surveillance by julia. From 2000 to 20, she was a reporter at the wall street journal, where she led a privacy investigative team that was a finalist for a pulitzer prize in explanatory reporting in 2011 and won a gerald loeb award in 2010. Other titles in the running are thomas pikettys capital in the twentyfirst century and nick daviess hack attack. In dragnet nation, julia angwin, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist at the wall street journal, seeks to challenge that defeatism. Powells is an independent bookstore based in portland, oregon.
True and terrifying crime stories that could not be presented on tv, from the creator and star of dragnet webb, jack on. Like a dragnet catching even innocent bystanders, a seemingly innocuous police stop for a broken taillight could result in the police invading our online privacy, including accessing intimate pictures, medical, financial and even gps information via a warrantless search of our smartphones. A pulitzer prizewinning journalist describes todays world of indiscriminate surveillance and tries to evade it. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
Julia angwin and the quest to escape big brother the author of dragnet nation explains her. The show took its name from the police term dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Detectives, vic daniels and carl molina, fight crime. What one reporter did to avoid being tracked online. Jan 06, 2017 dragnet nation is among the 16 books in contention to be named business book of the year by the financial times. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture.
Bilal ahmed, thirty six years old, is a single, rutgers educated man who lives in a penth ouse in sydney, australia. Npr s all tech considered runs an item on dragnet nation. Julia angwin, jeff larson, surya mattu, lauren kirchner. She began her journalism career at the richmond timesdispatch in virginia.
The big almost no show dragnet crime old time radio. A quest for privacy, security and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance was shortlisted for best business book of the year by. Npr interviews with top authors and the npr book tour, a weekly feature and podcast where leading authors read and discuss their writing. To learn more about angwins book, and to listen to her interview on npr. In her new book, dragnet nation, angwin discusses the increasingly pervasive culture of surveillance and datagathering online, as well as why internet anonymity is a myth. Every book cover looks appealing, every blurb glows with praise. Despite signs of trouble protesters in the streets, warnings from the citys black councilmen the watts uprising took dragnet nation by surprise. When jack webb and company took to the airwaves, they hit the ground running. The term derives from a fishing technique of dragging a fishing net across the sea bottom, or through a promising area of open water while a dragnet can refer to any kind of focused police presence. For four years of her year stint at the wall street journal, julia angwin now with propublica covered the intersection of privacy and new technology. A quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance is a 2014 book on computer and network surveillance by julia angwin. Dragnet nation was featured on npr s all tech considered.
Salon angwins warning that information is power resonates. The daily beast angwin elegantly chronicles this tragedy of the digital commons at the level of policy and our individual civil liberties dragnet nation really kicks inand. I happened to see her last week on cspan book tv or whatever it is called. Below, 10 members of the ted community with very different points of view share the books they think youll enjoy this summer. The radio show introduction to oldtime radio theres not much that can be said about dragnet that hasnt been said already. The best and worst books on tech and society i read in. Mar 14, 2014 i happened to see her last week on cspan book tv or whatever it is called. Dragnet was straight up lapd propaganda, on national tv. Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures.
Despite this, the surveillance reform bill recently ratified by the senate intelligence committee would explicitly permit the government to engage in. I read julia angwins new book dragnet nation i heartily recommend it to you the book is an antidote to big brothers big chill. It was nothing like theyd seen or heard on dragnet. Julia angwin, jeff larson, surya mattu, lauren kirchner and. With jeff osterhage, bernard white, thalmus rasulala, don stroud. In the book, dragnet nation, julia angwin writes for many reasons but the biggest one being, a quest for privacy, security, and freedom of relentless surveillance. I was a little frustrated because she seemed to only discuss ways individuals could manage privacy someone even sent in an email saying sounds like full time work.
Learn more about julia angwin on her website and follow her on twitter. Her book is a cautionary tale for all of us, with profound implications for our values, our society, and our very selves. For nearly twenty years, dragnet had portrayed an efficient, professional, and respectful lapd. A quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance on nprs fresh air.
Julia angwin privacy and security expert macmillan speakers. There was a large, highly publicized dragnet in boston after the 20 marathon race bombing. Spy thrillers and horror stories have nothing on this nonfiction book. Dragnet was straight up lapd propaganda, on national tv for. When i was reporting my book, dragnet nation, i was looking for a way to build. I have fun writing these stories, and i hope you have some fun reading them. Nov 26, 20 despite this, the surveillance reform bill recently ratified by the senate intelligence committee would explicitly permit the government to engage in dragnet collection as long as there were rules.
In dragnet nation, awardwinning investigative journalist julia angwin reports from the front. Chatting with one of npr s founding mothers susan stamberg. Martin milner, whose wholesome good looks helped make him the star of two hugely popular 1960s tv series, route 66 and adam12, has died. Although they have never met in person, they became close friends on a passwordp rotected online forum for patients struggling with mental health. Feb 24, 2014 if you think youre anonymous online, think again. Dragnet nation julia angwin macmillan macmillan publishers. Dragnet nation moves right to the top of the list of. Joe friday dan aykroyd is partnered with the wisecracking pep streebeck tom hanks, a hip upstart cop, and the mismatched duo is ordered to investigate a strange series of ritual killings. Bill moyers a deeply researched book that is completely of the moment. Dragnet related novels and books there are books about jack webb and dragnet, as well as dragnet novels that were issued at the time of the two runs of the. Julia angwin is included in times list of the 140 best twitter feeds of 2014.
Dragnet nation quotes showing 127 of 27 in a culture where people judge each other as much by their digital footprints as by their reallife personalities, its an act of faith to opt out of sharing your data. A quest for privacy, security, and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance. All of a sudden, or so it seemed, the civil rights crisis was no longer a southern problem, but its impact was felt in cities and. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. By 1965, chief parkers hollywood vision had made the lapd the most famous police department in the country. Julia angwin is the author of stealing myspace and an awardwinning investigative journalist for the independent news organization propublica. Learn from tech experts like joy deangdeelert cho and mark monmonier. From september, 1949 through february 1957, dragnet s 30 minute shows, broadcast on nbc, brought to radio true police stories in a lowkey, documentary style. If all cell phones are monitored by machine for certain words or phrases thought to be associated with terrorism, and the results used to cue focused investigations, the aclu argues that this constitutes a kind of dragnet. The police work may not be 100% accurate, but again, i use the show as a guidline, the rest is my imagination.
Keeping your habits private in a connected world science friday. Powells books the worlds largest independent bookstore. Courtesy of an 11yearold with her own startup, nprs the takeaway with. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. About old time radio the buzzterm for old time radio is otr. Julia angwin deborah copaken kogan is privacy really dead. Those rules, which had not yet gone into effect, would have blocked internet service providers from selling users browsing data. As always, editors at npr, the wall street journal, the washington post, and the new york times published their takes on the best books of 2014, along with readerdriven picks from goodreads and. Dragnet nation is shortlisted for the financial timess business book of the year award.
February 24, 2014 in dragnet nation, julia angwin describes an oppressive blanket of electronic data surveillance. Dragnet nation by julia angwin ft business book of the. Keeping your habits private in a connected world science. A quest for privacy, security and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance. Jun 17, 2015 the tables in bookstores can be overwhelming. From september, 1949 through february 1957, dragnets 30 minute shows, broadcast on nbc, brought to radio true police stories in a lowkey, documentary style. Lauren kirchner is a senior reporting fellow at propublica. She argues that surveillance dragnets do matter and can damage. Horrified by how scary these stories were, she set about writing dragnet nation, detailing her elaborate but ultimately unsuccessful attempts to evade the massive and unseen systems of surveillance on the internet. A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Julia angwin talks about her book, dragnet nation, in which she looks at the ways that government, private businesses, and criminals can and do collect our private data. Mar 02, 2014 dragnet nation moves right to the top of the list of books we should all read about privacy, because it goes beyond simply reporting, in detail, the sheer extent of both government and corporate. In dragnet nation, julia angwin of the wall street journal reports from the front lines of americas surveillance economy, a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, private companies, and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of our personal data. From 2000 to 20 she was a staff reporter for the wall street journal, where she was on the team of reporters awarded the 2003 pulitzer prize for coverage of corporate corruption and led a team covering online privacy that was a.
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