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The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
4 stars
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York …
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Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
4 stars
Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come …
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Cult of the Dead Cow by Joseph Menn
4 stars
The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom -- even …
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
4 stars
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her …
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4 stars
A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the future of global warfare
In 2014, …
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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet by Yasha Levine
The internet is the most effective weapon the government has ever built.
In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine …
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Predict and Surveil by Sarah Brayne
The scope of criminal justice surveillance, from the police to the prisons, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the …
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Breaking and Entering by Jeremy N. Smith
This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career …
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The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is by Justin E. H. Smith
3 stars
Many think of the internet as an unprecedented and overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology. But is it? In …
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Practical Doomsday by Michal Zalewski
3 stars
As a leading security engineer, Michal Zalewski has spent his career methodically anticipating and planning for cyberattacks. In Practical Doomsday, …