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The Red Atlas by John Davies, Alexander J. Kent
5 stars
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom …
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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 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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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
5 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
4 stars
The internet is the most effective weapon the government has ever built.
In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine …
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A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh
4 stars
Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an …
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We Have Been Harmonized by Kai Strittmatter
2 stars
China’s new drive for repression is being underpinned by unprecedented advances in technology: facial and voice recognition, GPS tracking, supercomputer …
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Privacy is Power by Carissa Véliz
3 stars
As the data economy grows in power, Carissa Véliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, …
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The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser
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"An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume. In …
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Breaking and Entering by Jeremy N. Smith
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This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career …
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Predict and Surveil by Sarah Brayne
5 stars
The scope of criminal justice surveillance, from the police to the prisons, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the …
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Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier
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From driverless cars to smart thermostats, from autonomous stock-trading systems to drones equipped with their own behavioral algorithms, the Internet …
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