The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch
- Length: 288 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- ISBN-10: 0300233078
- ISBN-13: 9780300233070
- Sales Rank: #730553 (See Top 100 Books)
A compelling argument that the Internet of things threatens human rights and security
“Sobering and important.”—Financial Times, “Best Books of 2020: Technology”
The Internet has leapt from human-facing display screens into the material objects all around us. In this so-called Internet of things—connecting everything from cars to cardiac monitors to home appliances—there is no longer a meaningful distinction between physical and virtual worlds. Everything is connected. The social and economic benefits are tremendous, but there is a downside: an outage in cyberspace can result not only in loss of communication but also potentially in loss of life.
Control of this infrastructure has become a proxy for political power, since countries can easily reach across borders to disrupt real-world systems. Laura DeNardis argues that the diffusion of the Internet into the physical world radically escalates governance concerns around privacy, discrimination, human safety, democracy, and national security, and she offers new cyber-policy solutions. In her discussion, she makes visible the sinews of power already embedded in our technology and explores how hidden technical governance arrangements will become the constitution of our future.
Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Abbreviations PART ONE. FROM COMMUNICATION TO CONTROL 1 After the Internet 2 The Cyber-Physical Disruption PART TWO. THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS 3 Privacy Gets Physical 4 Cyber-Physical Security 5 Interoperability Politics PART THREE. RETHINKING INTERNET FREEDOM AND GOVERNANCE 6 The Internet Freedom Oxymoron 7 Disruptions to Global Internet Governance 8 The Cyber-Physical Policy Moment Notes Acknowledgments Index
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