Future Crimes is a call to action for better security measures worldwide, but most importantly, will empower readers to protect themselves against these looming technological threats - before it's too late. Reading like a sci-fi thriller, but based in startling fact, Goodman raises tough questions about the expanding role of technology in our lives. We become junkies, tempted by enticing apps and data clouds that open an amazing new universe of information to us. In Future Crimes, Marc Goodman rips open his database of hundreds of real cases to give us front-row access to these impending perils. Future Crimes, by Marc Goodman, presents a dystopian world in which our daily activities are monitored, monetized, and stolen or sold to advertisers, criminals, and governments alike. This is just the beginning of the tsunami of technological threats coming our way. Meanwhile, 3D printers produce AK-47s, terrorists can download the recipe for the Ebola virus, and drug cartels are building drones.

It's disturbingly easy to activate baby cam monitors to spy on families, pacemakers can be hacked to deliver a lethal jolt, and thieves are analyzing your social media in order to determine the best time for a home invasion. Today's criminals are stealing identities, draining online bank-accounts and wiping out computer servers.

Criminals are often the earliest, and most innovative, adopters of technology and modern times have led to modern crimes. Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside. * Future-proof yourself and your business by reading this book * In Future Crimes, Marc Goodman rips open his database of hundreds of real cases to give us front-row access to these impending perils.

Future Crimes by Marc Goodman