Matthew's Reviews > Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance

Paranoia and conspiracy theory! Possible spoilers: If the author was trying to sell me on her concerns, I am not buying. The majority of the book seemed to be about being angry because she could be profiled by Amazon or Google so that the pop-up ads could be tailored to her browsing habits. I am not a huge fan of pop-up ads, but to spend a lot of time and money to prevent all my activity from being tracked is not worth it - at least if I am tracked I might actually be interested in the ads that I see. Also, she attemps to raise concern about e-mail and text messages being tracked. Personally I don't care a whole lot because what I have to say in my e-mails and texts is not particularly interesting. Seems like she might have a lot of skeletons in the closet she wants to hide. At one point she even mentions that by trying to hide your digital trail, certain agencies may then feel the need to track you. It is common sense to me that if it looks like you are doing something suspicious, people will be suspicious of you . . .

Facepalm moment: Author turns of location tracking and and installs location blocking software on her cell phone but is annoyed about how long it takes to search for nearby restaurants because her phone does not know where she is. You just can't have your cake and eat it too!

So, I am not all that impressed and this book has not "opened my eyes"