The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information

By Frank Pasquale

Book Overview

Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior--silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with all this information? Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674368274
• ISBN13: 9780674368279
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"