The Internet Police

How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed

Nate Anderson

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Norton
19 September 2014

Society & Social Sciences; Crime & criminology; Ethical & social aspects of computing

Once considered a borderless and chaotic virtual landscape, the Internet is now home to the forces of international law and order. It's not just computer hackers and cyber crooks who lurk in the dark corners of the Web?the cops are there, too. In The Internet Police, Ars Technica editor Nate Anderson takes readers on a behind-the-screens tour of landmark cybercrime cases, revealing how criminals continue to find digital and legal loopholes even as police hurry to cinch them closed.

From the Cleveland man whose ?natural male enhancement? pill inadvertently protected the privacy of your e-mail to the Russian spam king who ended up in a Milwaukee jail to the Australian arrest that ultimately led to the breakup of the largest child pornography ring in the United States, Anderson draws on interviews, court documents, and law-enforcement reports to reconstruct accounts of how online policing actually works.

Questions of online crime are as complex and interconnected as the Internet itself. With each episode in The Internet Police, Anderson shows the dark side of online spaces?but also how dystopian a fully ?ordered? alternative would be.

By: Nate Anderson
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 257g
ISBN: 9780393349450
ISBN 10: 0393349454
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 19 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed

A thought-provoking primer on the state of cybercrime. Anderson takes readers into the Wild West of the digital world. As soon as the Internet turned mainstream, a new breed of criminal appeared. The police, who were trained on Agatha Christie novels, took about a decade to catch up. This entertaining and informative book tells their story. -- Bruce Schneier, author of Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Thrive