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Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet

By Jeremie , Assange , Andy;Zimmermann , Julian;Appelbaum , Jacob;Muller-Maguhn

Book information

Publisher
OR Books
ISBN
9781939293008, 9781939293015, 9781944869304, 1944869301
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
347 kB (355555 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

The harassment of WikiLeaks and other Internet activists, together with attempts to introduce anti-file sharing legislation such as SOPA and ACTA, indicate that the politics of the Internet have reached a crossroads. In one direction lies a future that guarantees, in the watchwords of the cypherpunks, privacy for the weak and transparency for the powerful; in the other lies an Internet that allows government and large corporations to discover ever more about internet users while hiding their own activities. Assange and his co-discussants unpick the complex issues surrounding this crucial choice with clarity and engaging enthusiasm.

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