In Beyond Fear, Bruce Schneier invites us to take a critical look at not just
the threats to our security, but the ways in which we're encouraged to think
about security by law enforcement agencies, businesses of all shapes and sizes,
and our national governments and militaries. Schneier believes we all can and
should be better security consumers, and that the trade-offs we make in the name
of security - in terms of cash outlays, taxes, inconvenience, and diminished
freedoms - should be part of an ongoing negotiation in our personal,
professional, and civic lives, and the subject of an open and informed national
discussion.
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