Bibliograph

Snowden's box, trust in the age of surveillance, By Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge

Type

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Snowden's box, trust in the age of surveillance, By Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-175) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Snowden's box

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1120784044

Responsibility statement

By Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge

Sub title

trust in the age of surveillance

Summary

"In the summer of 2013, the world was riveted by Edward Snowden's leak of millions of classified documents detailing the US government's massive and secret electronic surveillance program, in which the NSA had infiltrated tech companies, communication systems, emails and phones to spy on, among others, its own citizens. But this digital-age story had an analog side--Snowden mailed printed-out documents to the journalists Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge, who hid them in barrels, in an outhouse, and in a tree. Thus began an education in surveillance and counter-surveillance for these two experienced reporters, who were nonetheless completely ignorant about the lack of privacy they-and all of us-now have"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Winter nights -- The brittle summer -- The players -- American amnesia -- The panopticon in the parlor -- The tree

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