Permanent record : how one man exposed the truth about government spying and digital security
In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance reveals to a new generation how he helped build that system, what motivated him to try to bring it down, and how kids can protect their privacy in this digital age of indiscriminate data collection
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- ISBN: 9781250767912
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239 pages ; 24 cm - Edition Young readers edition, First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
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Permanent Record (Young Readers Edition) : How One Man Exposed the Truth about Government Spying and Digital Security
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Permanent Record (Young Readers Edition) : How One Man Exposed the Truth about Government Spying and Digital Security
A young reader's adaptation of whistleblower and bestselling author Edward Snowden's memoir, Permanent Record --featuring a brand-new afterword that includes resources to learn about the basics of digital security. In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he revealed that the United States government was secretly building a system of mass surveillance with the ability to gaze into the private lives of every person on earth. Phone calls, text messages, emails--nothing was safe from prying eyes. Now the man who risked everything to expose the truth about government spying describes for a new generation how he helped build that system, what motivated him to try to bring it down, and how young people can strive to protect their privacy in the digital age. "Snowden's sprightly prose, his deep technical knowledge, his superb knack for explaining complex matters, his ability to articulate principled action all come together in a book that is, if anything, BETTER than the adult version." --Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing