{"product_id":"9781501314872","title":"Password","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePassword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Martin Paul Eve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere does a password end and an identity begin? A person might be more than his chosen ten-character combination, but does a bank know that? Or an email provider? What's an 'identity theft' in the digital age if not the unauthorized use of a password? In untangling the histories, cultural contexts and philosophies of the password, Martin Paul Eve explores how 'what we know' became 'who we are', revealing how the modern notion of identity has been shaped by the password. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging from ancient Rome and the 'watchwords' of military encampments, through the three-factor authentication systems of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter \u003c\/i\u003eand up to the biometric scanner in the iPhone, \u003ci\u003ePassword \u003c\/i\u003emakes a timely and important contribution to our understanding of the words, phrases and special characters that determine our belonging and, often, our being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An erudite and interesting amble through the history, philosophy, and psychology of passwords.\" - \u003ci\u003eBruce Schneier, Security Technologist and New York Times-Bestselling Author of Data and Goliath The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Conjuring our passwords has become a daily act of our computer-saturated existence. By no means sequestered to our digital present, Martin Paul Eve's excellent account of the password covers its long and lively history. Weaving literary references with lucid technical explanations, Eve skillfully traces the evolution of password to probe its fundamental connections to issues of human identity, trust, and ownership.\" - \u003ci\u003eGabriella Coleman, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, McGill University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501314872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596162805966,"sku":"9781501314872","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_669ad504-60d4-4d27-96bf-96458d3c44ec.jpg?v=1637850984","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501314872","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}