Hackers: Hows-Whys - Election Meddling - Identity Theft - Activism - Wrongs-Rights - Freedom of Speech - Fake News - Clickbait

by Tom Jackson

Overview

What are hackers? Are they good? Bad? What can we do to protect ourselves, businesses, and society against hackers? How can we control them? And should we try? Get the facts and make up your own mind on these and more questions with Hackers, part of the new What's the Issue? series.

Should states be allowed access to all communications? What level of privacy should an individual expect? Who owns the Internet? In this fascinating starting point to understanding the wider subject of the Internet and Internet safety, explore these questions through topics like:

• Spying
• Encryption
• Security
• Hacking techniques
• Cyber warfare
• Cryptocurrencies
• The Dark Web

The What's the Issue? series tackles engaging, thought-provoking subjects chosen from the headlines and public debates. What's the Issue? asks “what’s all the fuss about?,” presents the key facts, reviews what’s at stake in each case, and weighs the pros and cons. The goal of the series is to help young people understand difficult concepts, provide them with the tools to inform their own opinions, and help them to see and influence changes within our society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711244580
Publisher:	words & pictures
Publication date:	10/15/2019
Series:	What's the Issue? Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	11 - 13 Years

About the Author

Tom Jackson is a science writer based in Bristol, UK. Over the last 20 years, Tom has written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television on a wide range of subjects and has worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.

Table of Contents

Author’s note............................05
What is a Hacker?..................... 06
Keeping Secrets........................ 08
Telecoms................................... 12
Code Breakers........................... 14
Does that Compute?...................16
The First Hackers.......................18
Hello Internet.......................... 22
Making Connections................ 26
Hacking Techniques................. 30
Hacker Culture......................... 36
Black Hats and White Hats.......40
Hacktivism.............................. 42
Culture Jamming......................46
Espionage and Surveillance......48
The Whistleblower................... 52
Whose Data is it?......................54
Net Neutrality.......................... 58
Attention Economy................... 60
Peer-to-Peer..............................64
Identity Crime.......................... 66
Fake News................................ 68
Cyberwar.................................. 70
Cryptocurrencies...................... 74
The Dark Web........................... 78
The Internet of Things.............. 80
Computing the Future...............84
Gene Hacking........................... 86
Pros and Cons........................... 88
Mind Map................................. 90
Glossary................................... 92
Find Out More..........................94
Index........................................ 96

Editorial Reviews

"Relevant and timely"—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

10/01/2019

Gr 6–8—Jackson has compiled a thorough history of computer technology and the Internet. The book starts with a very interesting history of secret codes and those who hacked them, then takes readers all the way to CRISPR and gene hacking, incorporating a brief discussion of ethics and how they apply. The author did a good job of taking a huge amount of high-level information and simplifying it for student comprehension. The illustrations are odd at times but mostly representative of the text on a particular double-page spread. As in most middle grade nonfiction books, double-page spreads have titles with the text grouped in short paragraphs denoted by subtitles. Young American readers might be confused by the usage of British terminology and spelling. VERDICT The information is certainly relevant and timely, but few middle grade readers will have the attention span and patience to sit down and read the book cover to cover.—Kim Gardner, Fort Worth Country Day School, TX

School Library Journal