Steal This Computer Book 4.0 What They Won't Tell You About the Internet [Paperback]

If you thought hacking was just about mischief-makers hunched over computers in the basement, think again. As seasoned author Wallace Wang explains, hacking can also mean questioning the status quo, looking for your own truths and never accepting at face value anything authorities say or do.

The completely revised fourth edition of this offbeat, non-technical book examines what hackers do, how they do it, and how you can protect yourself. Written in the same informative, irreverent, and entertaining style that made the first three editions hugely successful,Steal This Computer Book 4.0will expand your mind and raise your eyebrows. New chapters discuss thehacker mentality,social engineeringandlock picking,exploiting P2Pfile-sharing networks, and how peoplemanipulate search enginesand pop-up ads toobtain and use personal information. Wang also takes issue with the media for hacking the news and presenting the public with self-serving stories of questionable accuracy.

Inside, you’ll discover:
–How to manage andfight spam and spyware
–HowTrojan horse programs and rootkitswork and how to defend against them
–How hackerssteal softwareand defeat copy-protection mechanisms
–How totell if your machine is being attackedand what you can do to protect it
–Where the hackers are,how they probe a target and sneak into a computer, and what they do once they get inside
–How corporations use hacker techniquesto infect your computer and invade your privacy
–How you can lock down your computerto protect your data and your personal informationusing free programs included on the book’s CD


If you’ve ever logged onto a website, conducted an online transaction, sent or received email, used a networked computer or even watched the evening news, you may have already been tricked, tracked, hlã&