From Publishers Weekly Hackers who break into companies' computers, steal or scramble data and plant "viruses" are only the most publicized threat to electronic security, according to this shocking and eye-opening report. It shows that the computer systems and information highways of U.S. businesses, government and the military are surprisingly vulnerable to theft, data manipulation and sabotage by "information warriors" such as corporate employees, business competitors, organized crime, drug cartels, terrorists, law enforcement officials, insurance companies and others. Schwartau, an information security specialist, tells of electromagnetic eavesdroppers who use a modified TV set to pick up computer screens' emissions; HERF (high-energy radio frequency) guns that can zap an entire computer network; and microchip manufacturers who insert cloned or counterfeit chips so that complex equipment will eventually crash. He outlines a national information policy (which he was asked to present to the Clinton administration), a blueprint to safeguard electronic privacy. Schwartau closes with a practical chapter for individuals or companies seeking to ward off snoops and electronic troublemakers. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Lyon (sociology, Queen's Univ., Ontario) has written a detailed, scholarly work on the use of technology for surveillance. He describes our present culture as the "surveillance society," reminding us that explicit details of our personal lives are gathered, stored, sorted, retrieved, and processed every day among the massive computer databases of large corporations and government departments. But surveillance, as explored by Lyon, is not overwhelmingly negative in its effects. Nor does he conclude that surveillance is inherently evil. Citing the efforts of the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Lyon instead encourages public awareness of surveillance issues. He lauds mobilized efforts to restrict inappropriate use of electronic surveillance and to block attempts to make personal information publicly available. A noteworthy study of an important issue, this is intended for informed readers. A general audience will find Schwartau's Information Warfare more appealing. Schwartau, an expert on information security and electronic privacy, presents an overview of "information warfare," a confict in which electronic information is a vital asset and a strategic target for conquest or destruction. Showing that the essence of our individual and corporate selves is being distributed across thousands of computer databases over which we have little or no control, Schwartau paints a grim picture of what could happen if the very records that define us become subject to malicious modification, theft, unauthorized disclosure, or outright destruction. Personal, corporate, and global information warfare currently costs the United States hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Schwartau describes almost every kind of information disaster imaginable and compels us to establish a National Information Policy to serve as the foundation for our future: a constitution for Cyberspace. This book presents disturbing answers to some simple questions about our personal and national stake in the Global Network. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries.Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., ChicagoCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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这本书的书名让我联想到一个充满技术细节和战略博弈的宏大叙事,但实际阅读体验却像是在攀登一座陡峭且布满迷雾的山峰。作者的写作风格极为晦涩,充斥着大量我需要反复查阅才能理解的专业术语和缩写。在开篇几章,我感觉自己像一个刚踏入某个秘密组织的新兵,被扔进了一场高强度的信息爆炸训练中。书中对“电子高速公路”的描述,与其说是描绘了一个我们日常使用的网络空间,不如说是构建了一个充满了看不见的陷阱、暗流涌动的数字战场。举例来说,作者在探讨数据包的路由和加密算法时,用了极其繁复的数学模型,这对于一个非计算机科学背景的读者来说,无疑是巨大的挑战。我不得不承认,作者对底层技术逻辑的掌握是毋庸置疑的,他似乎能洞察每一个比特在网络中穿梭时的每一个细微的动作,并将这些动作升华为一种近乎宿命论的战争图景。然而,这种极致的技术沉浸感,在一定程度上牺牲了叙事的流畅性和可读性。我常常需要在阅读一句话时,暂停下来,回顾前文对某个术语的定义,这种抽离感打断了情绪的连贯。它更像是一本给同行撰写的内部操作手册,而不是一本面向大众揭示“信息战”全貌的科普读物。我期待的宏大叙事,被拆解成了无数精密的、但难以拼凑的零件。
评分如果说这本书有什么核心的“味道”,那一定是挥之不去的、极度悲观的宿命论。作者似乎对人类利用电子媒介实现自由沟通的初衷持有一种近乎绝望的态度。他笔下的“电子高速公路”,不是一条通往知识与进步的康庄大道,而是一条铺满陷阱的单行道,通往的是信息垄断和集体心智的固化。这种基调贯穿始终,从对早期互联网愿景的批判,到对当前社交媒体算法的解构,无一不透露着一种“一切努力都是徒劳”的无力感。更让人不安的是,作者在论证其观点的过程中,很少提供建设性的出路或明确的解救方案。他精准地描绘了病毒如何感染系统,却只是轻描淡写地提到了“免疫反应”的必要性,随后便又一头扎进了下一个更深层次的威胁分析中。这种深度的绝望感,使得本书在阅读结束后,留下的不是知识的充盈,而是一种沉甸甸的焦虑。它强迫你正视,我们每天赖以生存的信息环境,可能从设计之初就带有无法根除的缺陷。这种对未来的阴暗预设,使得这本书的阅读体验更像是一次对系统性失败的深度体检,令人不寒而栗。
评分这本书的节奏感简直是让人摸不着头脑。有时候,作者会用足足十页的篇幅来详细剖析一个特定历史事件中,某条关键信息的传播路径,每一个时间戳、每一个节点的响应速度都被拿出来反复审视,精确到毫秒级别,那种细致入微的考据,让人不得不佩服其学术的严谨性。但紧接着,叙事线索就会突然跳跃,从冷战时期的心理战,瞬间切换到对未来量子计算对信息安全威胁的哲学思辨,中间几乎没有平滑的过渡。这种跳跃感,让我感觉作者的思想如同电流一样,在不同的频率间高速振荡,而读者的大脑却需要时间来适应这种极端的频率变化。我尤其喜欢其中关于“认知失调在网络舆论中的放大效应”的章节,它用了一种非常文学化,近乎诗歌的笔触来描述信息噪音如何侵蚀个体心智,这与之前那些冰冷的数据分析形成了强烈的反差。这种风格的突变,虽然让阅读体验充满了意外,但也造成了阅读体验上的不一致性。我不知道下一页是会迎来更深入的公式推导,还是会迎来对人类心智脆弱性的深刻反思。它像是一部剪辑混乱但偶尔闪现天才火花的独立电影,值得反复琢磨,但过程绝对称不上轻松惬意。
评分这本书的图表和附录部分,简直是另一个独立存在的宇宙。我通常认为,一本优秀的非虚构作品,图表是用来辅助理解复杂概念的视觉拐杖,但在这里,图表本身似乎就是作者想要表达的核心论点,文字反而退居二线,成了对这些复杂图形的冗余注解。我花了整整一个下午试图理解其中一个关于“信息熵衰减模型”的流程图,它用交错的箭头、不同深度的阴影和各种定制的符号系统,描绘了一个概念上的反馈循环。如果读者没有花时间去解码这套作者自创的符号语言,那么阅读正文时那些关于“熵”的论述将完全失去依托。这迫使我采用了一种非常“工科”的学习方式:先啃完最难啃的附录和图解,再回头去看正文的叙事铺垫。这种倒置的学习路径,虽然最终帮助我理解了作者的逻辑链条,但也极大地考验了读者的耐心和毅力。它绝对不是一本可以捧在咖啡馆里轻松翻阅的书籍,它要求你准备好铅笔、尺子和充足的专注力,去解剖那些被精心设计的视觉迷宫。
评分我发现这本书的魅力,恰恰在于它对“电子超速公路”这个比喻的颠覆性诠释。大多数人一听到这个词,脑海中浮现的会是光纤、数据流和速度。然而,作者却将重点放在了那些“慢速”的、被忽略的、甚至是被故意隐藏的环节。他花了大量篇幅探讨那些看似低技术含量,实则至关重要的“人工验证点”——比如在信息战中,如何通过传统的人际网络来传播或拦截被数字污染的信息流。这种对“慢技术”的深入挖掘,让整个叙事增添了一种复古的张力。他似乎在提醒我们,无论技术发展得多快,人类的感知和决策机制依然遵循着古老的生物学和心理学规律。书中对信息传播“摩擦力”的分析,尤其精彩,作者将其视为对抗纯粹数字洪流的最后一道防线。这种对数字与模拟、高速与低速之间辩证关系的探讨,是全书中最具启发性的部分。它成功地拓宽了我对“信息战”的理解边界,让我开始关注那些隐藏在高速光纤隧道之外的、更为微妙和坚韧的对抗形式。
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