No Place to Hide
by Robert O'Harrow · first published 2005
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"In No Place to Hide, Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr., lays out in detail the post-9/11 marriage of private data and technology companies and government anti-terror initiatives to create something entirely new: a security-industrial complex. Drawing on his years of investigation, O'Harrow shows how the government now depends on burgeoning private reservoirs of information about almost every aspect of our lives to promote homeland security and fight the war on terror." "Consider the following: When you use your cell phone, the phone company knows where you are and when. If you use
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If you enjoyed this, you might also enjoy the book "No Place to Hide" by Robert O'Harrow (2004!), which explores the surveillance state at the intersection of private coronations. Many of the ideas and topics discussed in the book, at the time sounding more like conspiracy…
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on “Creeping on You in the Cold Drinks Aisle” ↗Related, a good read is "No Place to Hide" by Robert O'Harrow who studied and predicted corporate facial recognition and profiling back in 2006.
on “From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is already everywhere” ↗Acxiom, Choicepoint, etc. For those interested, check out Robert O'Harrow's great book No Place to Hide. Insanely well-reported.
on “What UPS knows” ↗There's an old book you might find interesting called "No Place to Hide" by Robert O'Harrow. If you do read it, try to keep in mind that it was written in 2004, and then consider how much innovation is likely to have taken place since then.
on “Sensor tracks who's driving in your neighbourhood” ↗No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society by Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
on “What can I read to convince me I should care about online privacy more?” ↗I think mass government surveillance has been around since the mid-90s. In each successive administration it has been expanded. There's an excellent book called "No Place to Hide" by Robert O'Harrow, Jr. Written around 2002, it details public and private surveillance and how much of a losing battle it was for privacy. In 2002. As for Wired, I has been a subscriber for 15 years…
on “The Wired Guide to Protecting Yourself from Government Surveillance” ↗This has been happening since 2004, at least, in malls and big box stores. See "No Place to Hide" by by Robert O'Harrow.
on “Madison Square Garden Uses Facial Recognition to Ban Its Owner’s Enemies” ↗This is not new. Back in 2004! Robert O'Harrow, Jr. wrote about it in "No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society." In it, he discussed companies like Home Depot tracking the movement of customers with cameras, and sensors in shopping mall choke points to sniff…
on “Coffee shops track customers and employees” ↗