Cypherpunks Freedom and the Future of the Internet By Assange, Julian (Book – 2012)
Rant? This book by the leader of Wikileaks is unreadable polemic.
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Tag: ethics
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Machine Kills Secrets
This Machine Kills Secrets How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World’s Information, Andy Greenberg, Andy – 2012
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Digital Vertigo
Digital Vertigo – How Today’s Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us, Andrew Keen, – 2012
Life is very public for users of smartphones and Facebook. This book id not easily read, but is interesting. Hardcover, 200 pages.
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Privacy and Big Data
Privacy and Big Data, Terence Craig, O’Reilly, 2011
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The Most Dangerous Man
The Most Dangerous Man in the World – How One Hacker Ended Corporate and Government Secrecy Forever, Andrew Fowler, – 2011
Yet another book about Wikileaks and Julian Assange. Well written by a journalist. Hardcover, 250 pages.
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First Contact
First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life beyond Earth, Marc Kaufman, – 2011
The hunt for extra terrestrial life looks more promising. This book is well written by an editor fom the Washington Post. Hardcover, 200 pages.
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Program or Be Programmed
Program or Be Programmed – Ten Commands for A Digital Age, Douglas Rushkoff, 2011
This tiny book should be read before you Tweet, email, or Facebook. Or you might want to visit Rushkoff online. 150 pages.
Contents:
I. TIME
Do Not Be “Always On”
II. PLACE
Live in Person
III. CHOICE
You May Always Choose “None of the Above”
IV. COMPLEXITY
You Are Never Completely Right
V. SCALE
One Size Does Not Fit All
VI. IDENTITY
Be Yourself
VII. SOCIAL
Do Not Sell Your Friends
VIII. FACT
Tell the Truth
IX. OPENNESS
Share, Don’t Steal
X. PURPOSE
Program or Be Programmed
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Julian Assange Et Wikileaks
Julian Assange Et Wikileaks:La Guerre Pour La Vérité, Valérie Guichaoua, 2011
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Julian Assange
Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? – Inside the world of Wikileaks, worldbeyondborders.org, DVD – 2011
If you want to understand Assange’s motivation, this video might help. DVD, 3 hours.
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Inside Wikileaks
Inside Wikileaks – My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Doubleday, 2011
Domscheit-Berg was Assange’s partner in creating WikiLeaks until they parted ways. This book reveals what goes on behind the curtain at WikiLeaks, and is a window into Berlin’s Chaos Computer club. The book was written with a co-author, and is very readable. Hardcover, 250 pages.