Facebook Reprimanded for Latest User Privacy Issue

After Facebook "asked new users for their email passwords as part of the sign-up process," the resulting contact list grab has been reversed and the information has not been disseminated to other parties, according to the company ("Facebook Uploaded Email Contacts of 1.5M Users Without Consent," The Guardian (UK), April 18, 2019). The potential problem with this Facebook practice was recognized earlier this month when the company was trying to streamline account registration by capturing email passwords to identify new users.

Review selected hard copy/online library books related to privacy and computer security at LSC-CyFair Branch Library. Click the title of a listed item, select the "Place Hold" button in the listing, and enter your library card number and PIN for each title you want to request for pick up at the library.

Use these subject words and phrases to find more information in the library catalog:

• electronic surveillance
• identity theft
• internet safety
• internet security
• privacy

200+ Ways to Protect Your Privacy: Simple Ways to Prevent Hacks and Protect Your Privacy--On and Offline by Jeni Rogers
Adams Media, 2019
call number: 005.8 Rog

"Discover simple strategies for protecting your personal and confidential information on and offline with this essential and easy-to-understand guide...there are lots of ways you can protect your privacy (or diminish it) that have little or nothing to do with access to the internet. Your home, your photos, your trash can, your kids, your favorite restaurant or store--and even you have the ability to unknowingly reveal your private information to everyone from thieves to busybodies. But you don't need to hire a specialist to keep your information safe--you can do it yourself with these 200+ easy-to-implement tactics" - publisher's summary excerpt

The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America by Sarah E. Igo
Harvard University Press, 2018
call number: 323.44 Igo

"The Known Citizen reveals how privacy became the indispensable language for monitoring the ever-shifting line between our personal and social selves. Igo's sweeping history, from the era of "instantaneous photography" to the age of big data, uncovers the surprising ways that debates over what should be kept out of the public eye have shaped U.S. politics and society. It offers the first wide-angle view of privacy as it has been lived and imagined by modern Americans." - publisher's summary excerpt

Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech by Cyrus Farivar
Melville House, 2018
call number: 342.73 Far

"Until the 21st century, just about all of our activities were private by default, public through effort; today anything that touches digital space has the potential (and likelihood) to remain somewhere online forever. That means all of the technologies that have made our lives easier, faster, better, more efficient have also simultaneously made it easier to keep an eye on our activities. In 10 crucial legal cases, Habeas Data explores the tools of surveillance that exist today, how they work, and what the implications are for the future of privacy." - publisher's summary excerpt

Eating Disorders Affect Millions of Females and Males in U.S.

Almost 30 million people in the United States have eating disorders ("African-American Eating Disorder Survivor Shares Her Message That Eating Disorders Don’t Just Affect ‘Thin, Young, White Affluent Women,'" ABC News Radio, March 1, 2019). These diseases cut across all genders, classes, races, and cultures. At sometime in their lives, eating disorders are experienced by 10 million males in this country.

Review selected hard copy/online library books related to eating disorders at LSC-CyFair Branch Library. Click the title of a listed item, select the "Place Hold" button in the listing, and enter your library card number and PIN for each title you want to request for pick up at the library.

Use these subject words and phrases to find more information in the library catalog:

• anorexia nervosa
• body image
• bulimia
• compulsive eating
• eating disorders

It's Not What You're Eating, It's What's Eating You: A Teenager's Guide to Preventing Eating Disorders -- and Loving Yourself by Shari Brady
Skyhorse, 2018
call number: 616.852 Bra

"Part accessible self-help guide and part constructive hands-on workbook, It's Not What You're Eating, It's What's Eating You teaches young people who struggle with low self-esteem and body insecurity to stop focusing on food as an answer to life's problems and to start getting to know themselves and what they value and want in life. Covering addictions and disorders like anorexia, bulimia, obesity, and binge eating disorder, this book also shows teens how to stop negative thought patterns, maintain meaningful and healthy relationships, indulge in self-care, love their own bodies, be happy, and take charge of their lives." - publisher's summary excerpt

Eating Disorders: Your Questions Answered by Justine J. Reel
Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2018
call number: 616.85 Ree

"The information, guidance, and resources it offers make it a valuable tool for anyone who is struggling with issues surrounding food, weight, and body image.
* Makes the subject accessible to readers by means of a simple Q&A format
* Helps readers hone their research and critical thinking skills in a Guide to Health Literacy section
* Provides real-world examples of concepts discussed in the book through case studies
* Dispels popular misconceptions in a Common Myths section and directs readers towards accurate information
* Points readers towards additional books, organizations, and websites for further study and research in an annotated directory of resources." - publisher's summary excerpt

Understanding Teen Eating Disorders: Warning Signs, Treatment Options, and Stories of Courage by Cris E. Haltom, Cathie Simpson, and Mary Tantillo
Routledge, 2018
call number: 616.85 Hal

"Each chapter examines a teen or tween and brings the factors, whether they be environmental, genetic, co-existing conditions, etc. that contribute to his or her eating disorder, to life, while seamlessly integrating the latest research in gene inheritance, brain chemistry, and eating disorders in accessible, reader-friendly language. Each chapter provides treatment options, including outpatient, group therapy, and in-patient programs, for both the young person and the family. Each also ends with a Q & A section that reflects the concerns a parent, loved one, or treatment professional may have." - publisher's summary excerpt

Combating Opioid Addiction

Hospitals dealing with increasing opioid overdose cases want to expand use of "anti-craving medicines such as buprenorphine or methadone with supportive counseling and behavioral therapy" that has shown promise in helping people kick the habit ("Too Many Overdoses: ERs Fight Drugs with Drugs Amid Opioid Crisis," USA Today, January 3, 2019). A linked study from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that "a total of 63,632 drug overdose deaths occurred in 2016, a 21.4% increase from 2015. Nearly two thirds (66.4%) of drug overdose deaths in 2016 involved prescription opioids, illicit opioids, or both, an increase of 27.7% from 2015."

Review selected hard copy/online library books related to opioid abuse and treatment at LSC-CyFair Branch Library. Click the title of a listed item, select the "Place Hold" button in the listing, and enter your library card number and PIN for each title you want to request for pick up at the library.

Use these subject words and phrases to find more information in the library catalog:

• medication abuse
• opioid abuse
• opioid-related disorders
• oxycodone abuse
• prescription drug misuse

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
Little, Brown and Company, 2018
call number: 362.29 Mac

"Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction....From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm." - publisher's summary excerpt

The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs by Lloyd I. Sederer
Scribner, 2018
call number: 362.29 Sed

"Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, brings together scientific and clinical knowledge, policy suggestions, and case studies to describe our current drug crisis and establish a clear path forward to recovery and health and lays out specific, evidence-based, researched solutions to the prevention and problems of drug use, including exercise, medications, therapy, recovery programs, and community services." - publisher's summary excerpt

The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook by David E. Newton
ABC-CLIO, 2018
call number: 615.7 New

"A comprehensive overview of opioid use throughout human history, current problems surrounding opioid abuse, and suggested approaches to solving these problems including a complete historical overview of opioid use in human societies, a chronology of important events in the history of opioid use, and the synthetic and neurological chemistry of opioids and how different types have been used throughout history." - publisher's summary excerpt

Understanding the Opioid Epidemic by John Grant
WNED/PBS, 2018
call number: 362.293 Und (DVD Collection)

"Examines the toll of opioid addiction in the U.S. on individuals, families, and communities through personal stories, including a couple who lost their son to prescription painkillers, and expert commentary."- publisher's summary