The art of invisibility

Kevin Mitnick, in case you aren’t familiar with the name, is a former hacker and convicted criminal now turned white-hat penetration tester - and author of several books about it. And as you can judge from the subtitle, not at all modest about it either. But undeniably a font of knowledge on the matter.

You may be aware that your actions online aren’t totally anonymous, but in the past few years changes to technology and to laws have made that drastically even less true, likely without you realizing. This book is a very useful eye-opener for everyone, whether you think you need it or not. Do you have “smart appliances” or tv in your home? Did you know you can go to jail for deleting your browser history even if you’ve done nothing wrong? Do you want to know how to minimize your risk online? This is a good overview and summary of all these and more.

Mitnick goes all the way to showing you how to be completely invisible online, which is a very difficult thing these days, but you can take away as much or as little of that as you need. Still, as he points out there are legitimate reasons why you might need to know this stuff. For example, escaping an abusive relationship (or talking to a friend who is). Going through a bitter divorce. Living in or travelling to a country with very restrictive internet rules. Need to travel overseas with a laptop or other device containing confidential data that you’re professionally obliged to protect (doctor/lawyer confidentiality for example, or company research secrets). This book will help you become aware of issues you may not even know about, and how to deal with them to whatever level you need.