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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet by Yasha Levine (Paperback, 2019)
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As the Cambridge Analytica scandal has shown, private corporations consider it their right to use our data (and by extension, us) which ever way they see fit. Looking at the hidden origins of many internet corporations and platforms, Levine shows that this is a function, not a bug of the online experience. Beginning as a surveillance tool developed by ARPA for the Vietnam War, the internet has become essential to our lives. Despite repeated revelations of hacks, malware, government surveillance and corporate corruption, however, few of us stop to consider that the internet was developed, from the outset, as a weapon. Now, ever more famous Silicon Valley companies (which we are encouraged to view as neutral, even idealistic businesses) are entering into partnerships with the US government. Clearly demonstrating how the same military objectives and control systems that drove the development of early internet technology are still at the heart of Silicon Valley (including as features of many so called 'safe' platforms like Tor or Signal) today, this revelatory and sweeping story will change the way you think about the most powerful, ubiquitous tool ever created.Product Identifiers
PublisherIcon Books LTD
ISBN-139781785784781
eBay Product ID (ePID)12046578416
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameSurveillance Valley: the Secret Military History of the Internet
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEngineering & Technology, Social Sciences, Computer Science
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorYasha Levine
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight405 g
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorYasha Levine
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- 27 Feb, 2019
A Recipe for Paranoia.
I think that your jaw will drop when you discover the extent to which the secret and military state is entwined with the origins of, and the existing internet. Do you think that encryption protects you? They designed it. Think the dark web hides you? It's a honeytrap. Think that good people are working to protect you? They work for them ! Have you got any idea how much you are watched? Well written, rich in interest, and compelling.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 May, 2024
Great stuff - thanks!
Great stuff - thanks!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
