by David Brin
Lovecraft, H. P.
Lying
detection of
Internet and
phenomenon of
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Maddox, Tom
Mail bombs
Mann, Steve
Marshall, Lee
MARVs
Marx, Gary T.
Marx, Karl
Masters of Deception
Mathematics, future of
Maturity argument.
Maximum security society, possibilities for
McCarthy hearings
McIntyre v. Ohio
McVeigh, Timothy
Media, abuse by
Medical records
employer access to
privacy issues regarding
Medici family
Megan’s Law
Memes
defined
Memex, defined
Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
Micro-unmanned-aerial vehicle (UAV)
Microhelicopters
Militia phenomenon
Miller, Steven E.
Minow, Martha
Minsky, Marvin
Mitnick, Kevin
Mobile phones, tracking of
Monetary systems
conventional
digital
Moorlach, John
Moral Animal
Morton, Oliver
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
Murder, rates of
Murray, Bruce
Mutually assured surveillance
My Name Is Legion
Myhrvold, Nathan P.
Nader, Ralph
Name, distinguished from password
National Academy of Sciences
National Information Infrastructure
National Information Infrastructure Copyright Act (NIICA)
National Science Foundation
National Security Agency (NSA)
Puzzle Palace of
Nazi Germany, industrial output of
Neo-Western civilization, defined
Net, The
Net-Tourette
Netwar
defense in
outcome of
Neumann, John Von
New York City, video surveillance in
New Zealand, privacy protections in
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nostalgia
Obser, Jeffrey
O‘Connor, Carroll
Odor, tracing
OECD, privacy guidelines of
Offshore Information Services Ltd.
Oligarchy, danger of
Olmstead v. U.S.
Onetime pad
Open Profiling System (OPS)
Open skies proposal
Open society
challenge of
commerce in
concerns regarding
enemies of
global neighborhood watch
having one’s cake and eating it too in
human nature vs.
knowledge as cornerstone of
potential disasters in
potential drawbacks of
privacy and
science as cornerstone of
structure of
transition to
transparency of
Open Society and Its Enemies
Orwell, George
Out of Control
Packard, Vance
Pascal’s wager
Password
distinguished from name
future of
Social Security number used as
types of
Patents
history of
legal aspects of
mandatory licensing of
submarine
Peacock, Paradox of
PepsiCo v. Redmond
Percolation
cases of
Pericles
on courage
and democracy
Personal information
on Internet
ownership of
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
Philips, Peter
Photography
documentary value of
fakery of
Pink Panther
Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
Plato
Plausibility, matrix of
Pleasure Principle
Political candidates, disclosure by
Polygraphs
Popper, Karl
Porous society, possibilities for
Poster, Mark
Postrel, Virginia
Power, checks and balances against
Preaching, ineffectiveness of
Predictions registry
Predictive society, possibilities for
Prisoner’s dilemma
Privacy
vs. accountability
commercial threats to
definitions of
and electronic tracking
fear and
future of
future risks to
governmentcrosion of
history of
invasion of as tort
legal aspects of
legal aspects outside U.S.
and liberty
as personal goal
practical obscurity as
preservation of
primitive protections of
reciprocal transparency and
relation to freedom
strong
threats to
workplace erosion of
Privacv Act of 1974,
Privacy Rights Clcaringhouse (PRC).
Private Matters
Proclivities, profiling of
Procter & Gamble
Project Censor
Pseudonymity
benefits of
proposed implementation of
Public feedback regulation
Public key encryption
history of
weakness of
Publishing industry, future of
Quantum computing
Radio, power of
Radio jamming
Rand, Avn
Rand Corporation
Rebellion, propaganda for
Reciprocal transparency
potential flaws in
Remailers
Remote-piloted vehicles (RPVs)
Reputation
Reserve, defined
Retina scans
Revel, J.F.
Revel, Oliver “Buck,” on terrorism
Rheingold, Howard
Right to Privacy
Risk
analysis of
perception of
Robots, miniature
Rome, ancient
Ronfeldt, David
Roosevelt, Franklin
Rotenberg, Marc
Rothkopf, David
Royalties, defined
RSA encryption
cracking of
RSA Public Key
Safire, William
Sagan, Dorian
Schaeffer, Rebecca
Schneier, Bruce
Schwartz, Peter
Scientology, Church of
Secrecy
allure of
importance of
temporary
value of
Self-deception
Self-monitored society, possibilities for
Self-righteousness
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
Seuss, Dr.
Shakespeare
Shareware
Shimomura, Tsutomu
Shockwave Rider
Signatures
Simulated experience
Singapore
freedom vs. order in
video surveillance in
Singleton, Solveig
Smart highways
SMART satellite tracking
Smith, Janna Malamud
Smith, Robert Ellis
Soci
al Security number
characteristics of
as name
threat to privacy of
use as password
usefulness of
Society
error correction in
tenets of
Software, piracy of
Solitude, defined
Soros, George
Soviet Union, repression in
Spammers
Speaking tours
Spinoza, Baruch
Stack, Jack
Stalin, Josef
Stalking
e-mail
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Steganography
Stephenson, Neal
Sterling, Bruce
Steve Jackson Games
Stevens, John Paul
Stock, Gregory
Stock market, accountability of
Stock market expert swindle
Stoll, Clifford
Subjective, triumph of the
Subornation
Supermarket discount cards
Surveillance
acceptance of
audio
of authority
current uses of
defense against
elites engendered by
ethical issues regarding
future uses of
mutually assured
obsession with
overload of
radio tracking
video
views on
workplace
Surveillance dust
Sweden, privacy issues in
Swift, Jonathan
Swire, Peter P.
Switzerland, banking in
T-cells, metaphor of
Tag commentary
Technology
future of
transformative power of
unequal access to
weaknesses of
Telephone carriers, accountability off
Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Telephony, analog vs. digital
Television, power of
Teller, Edward
Templeton, Brad
Tenner, Edward
Terror
Thought experiment
Three Stooges
Thucydides
Tibet, government in exile of
Time-delayed transparency
Toffler, Alvin
Totalitarianism, seeds of destruction of
Toxic Release Inventory Law
Tracking, electronic
Tradeoffs. See also Devil’s dichotomies
fallacy of
real vs. illusory
Transparency
financial records and
global
importance of
possibilities for
reciprocal
time-delayed
See also Open society
Transparency International
Transponder tracking
Treitel, Richard
TRUSTe
Turing, Alan
Turkle, Sherry
TWA Flight 800,
Twain, Mark
Tyranny
in government
Ubois, Jeff
Universities, accountability of
Utah Digital Signature Act of 1996,
Video Privacy Act
Video surveiflance
future of
Voice biometrics
Voice of America.
Warren, Samuel D.
Washington, George
Watergate
Wearables
Well, The
Westin, Alan
Whitehead, Alfred North
Why Things Bite Back
Wigand, Jeffrey
Without Marx or Jesus
Witness Program
Workplace, monitoring in
World Intellectual Propery Organization (WIPO)
World Wide Web
privacy issues on
Wright, Robert
Wright, Wilbur
Wrist-vein recognition
Wriston, Walter
Wurman, Richard Saul
Xenophobia, Internet and
Zapruder, Abraham
Zelazny, Roger
Zimmerman telegram
Zimmermann, Phil
1 In mid-1998 the British raised the ante once again, testing 140 cameras that scan the faces of pedestrians and compare them to digital images of known felons.
2 For a discussion of this term, and many other terms, tangents, and ways to explore this book’s topics, please see the notes beginning on page 336.
3 Despite popular pessimism over the state of modern education, 82 percent of Americans finished High School in 1996, compared with about a third in 1950. College degrees increased from 6 percent to almost 25 percent in the same period, with even more dramatic shifts among minority groups. (In the last half decade, many nations in Europe have surged almost even with the U.S. in the fraction of citizens getting post-secondary education)
Since 1982 annual book sales in the U.S. increased from 1.7 billion volumes to over 2.1 billion. In the same period, the number of public radio stations had tripled, and over a hundred new symphonies were founded. And as of January 1999, nearly half of all adults under age 55 had access to the World Wide Web.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
As a scientist, David Brin studied comets and spacecraft design, taught university physics and writing courses, and was involved in academic research concerning exobiology, or the search for extraterrestrial life. As a New York Times best-selling novelist, Brin has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and American Library Association awards for his books and short stories, which include Startide Rising, The Uplift War, The Postman, and his near-future thriller Earth. Brin began his scientific training at Caltech and received a Ph.D. from the University of California. He spent two years in France with his wife, Cheryl Brigham, also a space scientist. They live in southern California with two young sons, a daughter, and a hundred or so demanding trees.