Another don't-miss Brunner 1975 novel: The Shockwave Rider ... "notable for its hero's use of computer hacking skills to escape pursuit in a dystopian future,

Another don't-miss Brunner 1975 novel: The Shockwave Rider ... "notable for its hero's use of computer hacking skills to escape pursuit in a dystopian future, and for the coining of the word "worm" to describe a program that propagates itself through a computer network.... In the novel, data privacy is reserved for corporate entities and individuals who may then conceal wrongdoing; by contrast, normal citizens do not enjoy significant privacy." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider