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Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden told the world what lengths the US gov was going to with surveillance of everyone, and the response was to charge him with crimes. Transparency should be required of the government, not a crime for those offering it to the public. In this book Snowden lays out why he became curious about the mass surveillance and how he dived into the whole mess. He tells his motivations and hesitations for coming forward to the public with documentation and identification. Government agencies and officials could learn so much from his ethical actions. He was very brave for writing it all out for the world to know.
I highly recommend anyone read or listen to this book. Admittedly, there are some concepts I understand better now than I would have prior to a basic library science grad course and an emerging technologies library science course. Advanced topics are explained well throughout the book, though, so a less informed reader could still appreciate the technology, privacy, and security issues discussed. I find it very ironic that parts of what led Snowden down the rabbit hole he explored and exposed were due to government actions. His settlement in Russia, a country least likely to ever turn him over, is entirely due to passport cancelation. I laughed out loud through parts and was left shocked at pieces that seemed too incredulous to be true but clearly are. Zero wonder why the US government did not want this book published, but thank heavens for free press. Exercise your right to read without bars of censorship and read this book.
I highly recommend anyone read or listen to this book. Admittedly, there are some concepts I understand better now than I would have prior to a basic library science grad course and an emerging technologies library science course. Advanced topics are explained well throughout the book, though, so a less informed reader could still appreciate the technology, privacy, and security issues discussed. I find it very ironic that parts of what led Snowden down the rabbit hole he explored and exposed were due to government actions. His settlement in Russia, a country least likely to ever turn him over, is entirely due to passport cancelation. I laughed out loud through parts and was left shocked at pieces that seemed too incredulous to be true but clearly are. Zero wonder why the US government did not want this book published, but thank heavens for free press. Exercise your right to read without bars of censorship and read this book.