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Customers find the book engaging and well-written. They appreciate the clear explanations of both sides of issues and the comprehensive overview of major cases. The book also explains how the various authorities work together.
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Interesting and we’ll researched example cases; however, given current federal government cases in the news, I was hoping for a more in-depth discussion of Internet surveillance by intelligence agencies…loss of a star. Great read for the cases it does cover.
A great overview of law enforcement and the Internet
(Full disclosure: Nate frequently edits my work at Ars Technica, where I’m Senior Business Editor.)Nate provides one of the clearest and more comprehensive roundup of some of the major cases involving the Internet over the last decade. He deftly and inherently understand how they matter to our society writ large. I will happily add this to my canon of my favorite tech books.
A good History…
Is good to have a brief about history in Internet Crime.The content is very good, the languague, so, so.I read it in 2 -3 lots, very interesting.
Catching criminals on the web
I rated this 5* because I found it very interesting, describing how the various authorities (police, FBI, TSA, …) deal with very broad (national and international) criminal activity, and the obstacles they must overcome. One justification for the rating is that I finished reading it, which often doesn’t happen with books I download from Amazon because they sound like something I should read.
An interesting history of the internet but not particularly enlightening
Regretfully, I did not enjoy this book. I found it to be a somewhat over detailed history of various issues with the internet, spamming, copyright infringement, etc. There were some interesting facts, but overall it read too much like a textbook. I found the level of detail to be exhaustive and boring for my personal interests. If you are interested in various law precedent, footnotes and names of persons who have made impacts on spamming and copyright infringement, this would be an excellent book, but not for average pleasure reading.
Four Stars
same as above
Terrific!
This book was very well written – not getting bogged down in techno-speak. It was interesting starting with the first page and I hated to put it down.
very good examination of internet governance
I was privileged to read a pre-release edition of this book. My review is, of course, based on this edition, and the final work may vary from it.Anderson does a great job of chronicling how criminals have begun using the internet, how the police followed them, and how the internet has changed as a result of both.The book deals primarily with fraud, extortion, child porn, spam, and piracy. One of the most interesting tales from the book is of how voyeurs are able to gain control of a user’s computer and webcam, and often get pictures or video of the naked user and then use the material to extort further material from them. This is a novel, and frightening use of the internet, which I’d not heard of before.Anderson tells the stories of many people through the book and their roles in online crime–whether criminal, victim, cop, judge, lawmaker, etc. As he tells the stories, he asks the question, “How can we maintain a police presence on the internet without loosing anarchy, while still catching the crooks, without succumbing to totalitarianism?”This question, though not explicitly asked until toward the end of the book, is constantly in mind throughout the book. In fact, the entire book is really attempting to find a proper balance between “productive chaos” and police powers online. One of the most interesting things in the book is the revelation that many of the most vital tools that criminals use online was in fact created by the US Navy. The tool, “TOR” (The Onion Router), actually requires others to use it–for good or ill, in order for the tool to have a legitimate use by the Navy, and other intelligence agencies. Without others using it, nations would immediately recognize the presence of government or the military at work.Anderson rightly realizes that the only way all online crime could be dealt with, would be in a totalitarian regime. Unless we are willing to bear this cost, we must keep a wary eye on the state, lest we fall to tyranny. This is the conclusion of the book, all written prior to Edward Snowden’s recent revelations. Anderson, of course, anticipates such a use of the internet by governments. Hopefully he was able to update the book some for its official release.This is a great book on how the internet has evolved due to its criminal use. I highly recommend it, as it is a critical topic to discuss as we face the realization that our own government has such powerful tools to spy on its own citizens.
Der Titel und insbesondere der Untertitel dieses Buches mag den Eindruck erwecken, dass es hier um Strafverfolgung im Internet geht. Das ist sicherlich auch nicht ganz falsch, aber das Buch hat ein gröÃeres Spektrum: Im ersten Kapitel geht es um die allgemeine Philosphie des Internets: Ist das Chaos immer gut? Oder sollte es eher beschränkt werden? Oder gar nicht? Aufhänger ist aber die Geschichte Ryan Lackeys, der mit seinen Servern auf einer ehemaligen Seefestung saÃ, um diese in einer “unabhängigen” Gegend aufstellen zu können (“Sealand” hat sich unabhängig erklärt, wird aber nicht von der Staatengemeinschaft anerkannt). Im zweiten Kapitel geht es um Kinderpornogrpahie und darum, wie die internationale Strafverfolgung dagegen vorgehen kann. Dieses “Pro-Polizei-Kapitel” wird im dritten dann wieder zurechtgerückt, denn dort geht es um die mögliche Kontrolle von Laptops (inkl. Kameras) durvh Hacker… und übereifrige Polizisten. Und in dem Temor geht es weiter. Eigentlich alle Bereiche im Kreis “Kriminalität im Internet” werden abgedeckt: Spionage, Spammails, Urheberrechtsverletzungen… Anderson selbst nimmt eine angenehm neutrale Haltung ein und berichtet über beide Seiten. Im Luafe des Buches wird klar, dass er durchaus für ein gesundes Maà an Strafverfolgung ist, wobei “Gesund” das wichtigste Wort ist und wo er insbesondere auch immer vor MiÃbrauch warnt. Da die Veröffentlichung kurz nach den NSA-Skandal fiel, legt ein Extrakapitel dar, was Snowden da eigentlich genau enthüllt hat.Das Buch ist gut geschrieben und bietet einen sehr umfassenden Ãberblick über alles was die Diskussion im Rahmen “Ãberwachung und Strafverfolgung” hergibt, ohne groÃen Bias für eine Seite. Damit ist es gerade für Laien wie mich ein sehr empfehlenswertes, ein sehr wichtiges Buch!