Edward Snowden: Permanent Record (EBook, 2019, Macmillan)
Kindle, 352 Seiten
Sprache: English
Am 17. September 2019 von Macmillan veröffentlicht.
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old 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, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.
Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent …
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old 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, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.
Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online – a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.
Well, an interesting read into his thoughts and feelings during his brave actions. The first part is a bit too long and the second part is a bit too short but maybe there is room for Permanent Record (Part 2)? :-)
Ed ist nicht nur ein Held sondern auch noch ein großartiger Autor. In seiner Biografie nimmt er den Leser mit auf ein Abenteuer. Von den Anfängen des Internets, über das Leben in einer Familie die im Staatsdienst arbeitet sowie seine Beziehung erfährt man auf unterhaltsame Weise. Ein fesselndes Buch, dass auch nicht Technik affinen Lesern gefallen wird.
Besonders sind mir zwei Punkte in Erinnerung geblieben. Die Erziehung besonders seiner Mutter die sein Interesse gefördert hat und ihn zu dieser smarten Person gemacht hat, die er heute ist. Und zum anderen das Glossar, welches er im Hotel für sie Reporter erstellt hat um ihnen die Leaks zu erklären.
