Hackers

Tom Jackson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2019
Words & Pictures (Verlag)
9780711244573 (ISBN)

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What's hacking? Is it good? Bad? How do we protect ourselves? These questions are tackled as part of the What's the Issue? series – aimed at pre-teen and teens tackling current subjects, with a focus on critical thinking and debate, and forming one’s own informed opinions.

What are hackers? Are they good? Bad? What can we do to protect ourselves, businesses and society against hackers? How can we control them? And should we try? Get the facts and make up your own mind on these and more questions with Hackers, part of the new What's the Issue? series.

Should states be allowed access to all communications? What level of privacy should an individual expect? Who owns the internet? In this fascinating starting point to understanding the wider subject of the internet and internet safety, explore these questions through topics like:

Spying
Encryption
Security
Hacking techniques
Cyber warfare
Cryptocurrencies
The Dark Web

The What's the Issue? series tackles engaging, thought-provoking subjects chosen from the headlines and public debates. What's the Issue? asks ‘what’s all the fuss about?’, presents the key facts, reviews what’s at stake in each case and weighs the pros and cons. The goal of the series is to help young people understand difficult concepts, provide them with the tools to inform their own opinions, and help them to see and influence changes within our society.

Tom Jackson is a science writer based in Bristol, UK. Over the last 20 years, Tom has written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television on a wide range of subjects and has worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.

p. 1 Title
p. 2 Imprint
p. 3 Contents
pp. 4-5 Introduction
pp. 6-11 Keeping Secrets
pp. 12-13 Sending Messages
pp. 14-15 Codebreakers
pp. 16-17 Does That Compute?
pp. 18-21 The First Hackers
pp. 22-25 Hello Internet
pp. 26-27 Connections
pp. 28-29 Security Set-up
pp. 30-35 Hacking Techniques
pp. 36-39 Hacking Culture
pp. 40-41 Black Hats and White Hats
pp. 42-45 Hacktivism
pp. 46-47 Espionage
pp. 48-51 Surveillance
pp. 52-53 Whistleblowing
pp. 54-57 Whose Data is it Anyway?
pp. 58-59 Net Neutrality
pp. 60-63 Attention Economy
pp. 64-65 Peer to Peer
pp. 66-67 Identity Crime
pp. 68-69 Fake News
pp. 70-73 Cyberware
pp. 74-77 Cryptocurrencies
pp. 78-79 Dark Web
pp. 80-83 The Internet of Things
pp. 84-85 Quantum Computing
pp. 86-87 Gene Hacking
pp. 88-89 Off the Grid
pp. 90-91 Mind Map
pp. 92-93 Glossary
pp. 94-96 Index and Further Resources

Erscheinungsdatum	16.10.2019
Reihe/Serie	What's the Issue?
Zusatzinfo	color illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	185 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
ISBN-13	9780711244573 / 9780711244573
Zustand	Neuware