Full Description
Kevin McKeown knows how easy it is to find out anything about anyone-from credit card, bank account, and Social Security numbers to family histories. A top investigator and security advisor, he has spent the last twenty years doing covert sleuthing for everyone from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies to A-list Hollywood celebrities. Now this professional insider shares the tools of his trade, and offers concrete tips for safeguarding our lives from the threats posed by the everyday conveniences we take for granted, from the cell phone to the family car. You'll learn about: * Shoulder surfing* Behavioral fingerprints* The black box* Traveling eyes* Phone clone* And what you can do to protect yourselfEntertaining, informative, and instructive, with thrilling accounts of McKeown's high-profile cases, Your Secrets Are My Business is a must-read for everyone who wants to keep their secrets to themselves.
Contents
Introduction - The Mustard Man and MePART ONE: YOUR TRAILChapter One - Your HabitsThis Looks Like a Job for SupermanThe Frequent Liars ClubPatty's MistakeLucky's Big BreakChapter Two - Your TrashThe Day It Rained GarbageTrash the EgoBehold the Power of CheeseIt's a GirlA Final WordChapter Three - Your Public ProfileThe Leaky Casket CaperBig BrotherConspiracy TheoryThe Leaky Basement CaperChapter Four - Your CarI Showered with a Dead Man!Road RageSay CheeseThe Most Public Record of AllChapter Five - Your TelephoneOne Really Bad Bald ManThe Day the Music Died: The Workplace PhoneBeep You!The Book of the FilmChapter Six - Your MailDougie Does ParisListen to What the (Fat) Man SaidThe Law's Longest ArmChapter Seven - Your Credit CardsDining at Its FinestWhat's My Line?Big Brother Is WatchingChapter Eight - Your ComputerLet's Get Together and Feel All Right: The Ease of Electronic TheftAn Immodest ProposalOffice PoliticsYour E-MailErase vs. Delete: Discard vs. DestroyThe Games People PlayPART TWO: MY TOOLSHold Still, This'll Only Hurt for a SecondChapter Nine - The PretextI Can Get It For You WholesaleThe Company You KeepTalkin' the TalkA Formal ApproachChapter Ten - Eavesdropping and Phone ScamsLet That Be a Lesson to YouPhone ClonesA Boring ConversationLet Your Fingers Do the TalkingChapter Eleven - Robbing Your IdentityThe Right Man for the JobAn Offer He Couldn't RefuseChapter Twelve - Too Good to Be TrueThe Trojan Horse EffectMeaner than a Junkyard DogInstinct Appeal: Hook, Line, and SinkerFor Me?Party FavorsChapter Thirteen - Tourist TrapsOn the BeachNow Boarding: Wandering EyesWho's Watching WhomChapter Fourteen - Surveillance ToysThe Black BoxTracking DevicesDon't Say Anything, I'll Be Right BackChapter Fifteen - The Limitations of TechnologyAn Inside JobConclusionLooking AheadA Gentle ReminderResourcesBibliography
