pickA fascinating, terrifying book for this month‘s #bookspin
What an incredibly brave man.
Annnnd, I‘m probably on a list now 😬
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2mo
Permanent Record | 
pickA fascinating, terrifying book for this month‘s #bookspin
What an incredibly brave man.
Annnnd, I‘m probably on a list now 😬
pickThis was such a good read. A lot of it was quite nostalgic for me. Feel bad for the poor guy. He's really brave.
pick#BookNookBuddies2022
Hearing about most of this now for the first time (not a new junkie🤷🏻♀️), I am not one bit surprised by any of it. Does that make me a cynic?
#20in4 #NewYearSpecial #BookNookBuddies2021 #BookSpinBingo
🎧📖 A little bit more #LateNightReading 🤫🤣
pickReally great book on mass government surveillance. I loved reading from Snowden's perspective. I read this for a final paper and was really glad that I was able to get through it in an afternoon (time is scarce during finals!)
I finished school last week & am working on getting my holiday TBR together (spent a few days binging Netflix & finishing knitting my niece's blanket for Christmas! 🧶)
pickQOTD - Is online privacy really that important?
I can't say that Permemant Record is a great book. As far as biographies go it's a bit bland, but the ideas and realities it presents are nonetheless crucial to our development as a species.
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A bit of a change from Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell! Reading this and Mindf*ck by Christopher Wylie this week for my Sociology final paper on whistleblowing. Featuring one of my favourite mugs ☕
pickRegardless of if you view Snowden as a hero or a traitor, the truths he uncovered cannot be ignored. Being surveilled is something that we almost seem to expect and accept as not too big a deal. This account really helped me understand why it is wrong and why i should take steps to protect myself. We are NOT products to be manipulated. If we remain complacent, it will proliferate. “At a certain point, denial of agency becomes a license to resist.”
pickMind blown. Literally mind blown.
Edward Snowden has educated me, from the invisible wall in Super Mario Brothers to hidden offices under pineapple fields. As someone who isn't at all techy Edward spoke to me in a language I could understand. I half knew that delete doesnt exist in the world of tech but I didnt know why. I feel much more informed about many techy things having read this.
As a non techy person I adored this book.
pickA worthwhile read. He lingers a little to long on his childhood and teenage years but the rest was a solid telling of his story and a sobering account of our our government and tech companies violate our privacy.
pickWhat a great listen! It was fascinating to hear him talk about the Maryland suburbs he grew up in b/c I‘m from the same area. I always thought it was an incredibly brave thing he did. He explains the technology stuff in such a way that any1 could understand it. He did a good job of balancing his personal life w/ the technology explanations. I liked the journal entries from his girlfriend. He had candor and wit throughout too which was a nice touch
pick“Ultimately, saying that you don‘t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don‘t care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.”
Wow, I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would and what an act of bravery. His writing style made me feel like I was there experiencing the things he experienced.
Just starting this. Lots of long drives for work this week so queuing up some audio books. Milk Man by Anna Burns will be my fiction option.
I have always been a great supporter of anyone who tries to do the right thing even if it gets them in to trouble.
Right the wrongs I always say! People should know the truth.
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pickAlthough I may not agree with every point he makes, Snowden makes me think about my rights, privacy, national security, heroes, and tech like no other. Written in a manner than translates the tech so one can understand how truly terrifying mass surveillance is, Snowden draws you in. Saying you don‘t have anything to hide means that you don‘t need privacy is like saying you don‘t have anything to say so you don‘t need free speech. Well done.
So excited to have received this book as a birthday present. Snowden‘s book Is just as good as I hoped it would be. It‘s one I plan to make a part of my permanent collection, although I will share it with friends of mine who want to read it.
pickCuriosity got the best of me in this one! Going into the book, I thought I would find him to be whiney but, nope, not at all. He brought up some good points and just made me that much more aware with my computer usage. He also did a good job of explaining high tech concepts to those that may not be very techie and it was a bonus to hear him talk about my surroundings since he essentially grew up in my backyard.
pick“Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
― Edward Snowden
pickHe attempts to justify his breach of trust with his govt and his country. He does raise some very pertinent issues relating to mass surveillance of all citizens.
Deep in a tunnel under a pineapple field — a subterranean Pearl Harbor-era former airplane factory — I sat at a terminal from which I had practically unlimited access to the communications of nearly every man, woman and child on earth who'd ever dialed a phone or touched a computer."
