Part II. Privacy and Security for Users
This part of the book looks at the concerns of people using the Web to access information—that is, anybody who runs a web browser.
Chapter 8 discusses the technical means by which personal information can be compromised on the Web.
Chapter 9 explores techniques that you can follow to increase your privacy while using the Web.
Chapter 10 continues the discussion of privacy self-help, by exploring programs and services that can further enhance your privacy.
Chapter 11 shows you how to protect against data loss and theft.
Chapter 12 explores how programs that travel over the Web can threaten your computer system and your personal information. This chapter focuses on the most dangerous programs that can be downloaded with email or through web pages.
Chapter 13 continues the discussion of mobile programs that can threaten computer users. This chapter focuses on the “safer” technologies that, it turns out, still have security implications.
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