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gajeam's review against another edition
2.0
Couldn’t get through this one. If you’ve not kept with any of the goings on in cyber over the last five years, this would be a great primer. For anyone else, it too often rehashes overwrought examples and refers only in passing to the most interesting details. His proposals seem pretty on point, but I couldn’t get through them all so I’m not totally sure.
kimmeham's review against another edition
3.0
Berører et spennende tema – spesielt når det kommer til sårbarheten i Internet of Things og hvordan det kan hackes av personer eller grupper som har onde hensikter. Jeg liker også at forfatteren lister opp konkrete ting som må gjøres for at vi skal gå en fremtid hvor nesten alt er koblet til nettet på en så sikker måte som mulig.
Dog tror jeg ikke at jeg er helt i målgruppen for denne boken. Tidvis blir det litt i overkant teknisk og tørt. Jeg tror nok denne boken passer bedre for folk som jobber med IT og/eller sikkerhet.
Dog tror jeg ikke at jeg er helt i målgruppen for denne boken. Tidvis blir det litt i overkant teknisk og tørt. Jeg tror nok denne boken passer bedre for folk som jobber med IT og/eller sikkerhet.
frak00's review against another edition
5.0
Devastating at times, but a well argued and important book. As a technologist, it reaffirms my vague inkling that tech and policy are getting more disconnected; but it also offers solutions.
As technological levers increase the destructive potential of bad actors, society needs to catch up as quickly as possible. Schneier has long been a reference in infosec, and his book makes the case that it’d be better to have good policies in place now, rather than disaster remediation later. Given that politicians are too keen to power grab when bad events strike, it’s in our collective interest to demand change ASAP.
Can a remote-controlled car kill you? Have we gotten to the point that a country’s power grid can be taken down by bad actors? Is it getting worse? Yes to all three. We have the tools and know-how to improve things, so it’s disappointing that political will is lacking.
A recommended read to everyone, as awareness of practical and real issues seems, to me, important enough.
As technological levers increase the destructive potential of bad actors, society needs to catch up as quickly as possible. Schneier has long been a reference in infosec, and his book makes the case that it’d be better to have good policies in place now, rather than disaster remediation later. Given that politicians are too keen to power grab when bad events strike, it’s in our collective interest to demand change ASAP.
Can a remote-controlled car kill you? Have we gotten to the point that a country’s power grid can be taken down by bad actors? Is it getting worse? Yes to all three. We have the tools and know-how to improve things, so it’s disappointing that political will is lacking.
A recommended read to everyone, as awareness of practical and real issues seems, to me, important enough.
noodles123's review against another edition
5.0
Very accessible and very good balance between the computer science, political and legal aspects of the issue.
howardgo's review against another edition
5.0
This book is a great primer on the types of issues that we face with internet technology becoming embedded in everything. It explains them at a level the average person can understand as well as exploring some ways to approach resolve those issues. The key to the situation is openness and asking the right questions. This book is a springboard to asking the right questions so we can get to better answers.
Some quotes from the book--
On why we should not allow even law enforcement to have so-called "backdoors":
"Imagine that every house could be opened with a master key, and this was known to the criminals. Fixing those locks would also mean that criminals' safe houses would be more secure, but it's pretty clear that this downside would be worth the trade-off of protecting everyone's house."
"Just as we don't think about road rage and car bombs in the same way, even though they both involve cars, we can't treat all cyber threats the in the same way. I don't think US policy makers understand that yet, but they'll need to if we want them to act reasonably and responsibly."
"...we are much more likely to engineer our way out of the problems we face than we are to restrict our way out of them."
"Despite the pessimistic tone of much of this book, I am optimistic about cybersecurity in the long term. Eventually, we will solve this."
"...the mutual distrust between government and tech companies--is dangerous...."
Some quotes from the book--
On why we should not allow even law enforcement to have so-called "backdoors":
"Imagine that every house could be opened with a master key, and this was known to the criminals. Fixing those locks would also mean that criminals' safe houses would be more secure, but it's pretty clear that this downside would be worth the trade-off of protecting everyone's house."
"Just as we don't think about road rage and car bombs in the same way, even though they both involve cars, we can't treat all cyber threats the in the same way. I don't think US policy makers understand that yet, but they'll need to if we want them to act reasonably and responsibly."
"...we are much more likely to engineer our way out of the problems we face than we are to restrict our way out of them."
"Despite the pessimistic tone of much of this book, I am optimistic about cybersecurity in the long term. Eventually, we will solve this."
"...the mutual distrust between government and tech companies--is dangerous...."
ruaridhmollica's review against another edition
4.0
A thorough analysis of the cyber security risks imposed by the internet, more specially the growing connection of IoT devices to our networks.
Schneier discusses things like product vulnerabilities and the ease of cyber attacks, the governments desire of surveillance over security, and the lack of transparency given to the public by corporations.
He proposes strong plans for the improvement of global cyber security and data privacy, along with how government policy done right can help turn us in a direction to a better, safe, and peaceful inter-connected world.
Overall, a very informative (albeit terrifying) view into how unstable everything really is (even if it’s all a little cherrypicked). He does repeat a little too much sometimes, and a few of his proposals for the future seem rather implausible, but nonetheless a great read.
Schneier discusses things like product vulnerabilities and the ease of cyber attacks, the governments desire of surveillance over security, and the lack of transparency given to the public by corporations.
He proposes strong plans for the improvement of global cyber security and data privacy, along with how government policy done right can help turn us in a direction to a better, safe, and peaceful inter-connected world.
Overall, a very informative (albeit terrifying) view into how unstable everything really is (even if it’s all a little cherrypicked). He does repeat a little too much sometimes, and a few of his proposals for the future seem rather implausible, but nonetheless a great read.