num_pages: 336
description: From driverless cars to smart thermostats the Internet now has direct effects on the physical world. Although this computerized future often called the Internet of Things carries enormous potential best- selling author Bruce Schneier argues that catastrophe awaits in its new vulnerabilities and dangers. Forget data theft; cutting- edge digital attackers can now literally crash your car pacemaker and home security system as well as everyone elses.In Click Here to Kill Everybody Schneier sets out detailed solutions that should be required reading for politicians across the world (Financial Times). From principles for a more resilient Internet of Things to a recipe for sane government oversight Schneiers vision is required reading for anyone invested in human flourishing.Sober lucid and often wise in diagnosing how the security challenges posed by the expanding Internet came about and in proposing what should (but probably wont) be done about them.  Nature
language: English
title: Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company