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The Dark Net
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld | Jamie Bartlett
An Independent and New Statesman Book of the YearBeyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabita world of Google, Facebook, and Twitterlies a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities, and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits, and where people can be anyone, or do anything, they want. This is the world of Bitcoin and Silk Road, of radicalism and pornography. This is the Dark Net.In this important and revealing book, Jamie Bartlett takes us deep into the digital underworld and presents an extraordinary look at the internet we don't know. Beginning with the rise of the internet and the conflicts and battles that defined its early years, Bartlett reports on trolls, pornographers, drug dealers, hackers, political extremists, Bitcoin programmers, and vigilantesandputs a human face on those who have many reasons to stay anonymous.Rich with historical research and revelatory reporting,The Dark Netis an unprecedented, eye-opening look at a world that doesn't want to be known.
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Late night reads. Exploring the underbelly of the internet👤

Good book if you're currently missing Mr. Robot like I am...👨‍💻🤖 #goodbyefriend

#nonfiction #latenightreads #mrrobot #internet #52books #ebook

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WellReadCatLady
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Not really about the dark web where illegal shit goes on but more about websites that fuel hate and trolls on easily accessible websites.

Bostonmomx2 Like Facebook! 😕 6y
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Abailliekaras
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A good survey of the interesting and disturbing subcultures of the Internet - hacking, trolling, and worse... Bartlett describes people on the fringe of society & some of whom seem seriously disturbed, but there are positives sides too and he doesn't judge either way.

Yournewfriendsams What a view! 7y
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Abailliekaras
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Reading about the dark net in hazy Hong Kong. Disturbing so far! 🖥

Cinfhen Book sounds terrifying, photo is lovely 😊 7y
sprainedbrain Love this photo! 7y
britt_brooke Excellent photo!! 7y
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tpixie @Cinfhen agree!! 7y
tpixie How's breathing in Hong Kong? Do you have to wear a mask 😷 7y
Abailliekaras @tpixie no it's fine. But always happy to return to Australia and breathe in the fresh air! 😉 7y
tpixie @Abailliekaras THX! I've always wondered- I see pictures of the Chinese wearing masks and they sometimes wear them here in USA 7y
tpixie @Abailliekaras I would love to visit Hong Kong and Australia!! Both exotic to my Kansas! Bucket List!! 7y
monkeygirlsmama @tpixie Most people here and in the mainland wear the face masks nowadays not so much to keep out pollution, but to prevent germs. It became a big deal after the bird flu epidemic several years ago. 7y
monkeygirlsmama @Abailliekaras You live in HK or visiting? I grew up in HK, and live in Southern China. Though we go back and forth to HK. 7y
tpixie @monkeygirlsmama that makes since! Yes the bird flu 😷 was bad!! Thx! 7y
Abailliekaras @monkeygirlsmama just visiting but my husband works here so we go back and forth regularly! 😊 7y
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First nonfiction of 2017. Inspired by completing season one of Mr. Robot. Very informative, and lots to chew on. At times inspiring and disturbing, even simultaneously.

I am on a roll today. Blame it on the snow.

minkyb I keep meaning to watch The Robot. 7y
Kerouacthedog @minkyb IT'S SO GOOD. 7y
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Dispatches from the couch
Day 3 of limited mobility...
Have started my Litsy AtoZ challenge
34% of the way through my first nonfiction.
50 pages into my first fiction.
One more day of limited mobility before #snowpocalypse.

Megabooks Oh dear! I hope you feel better soon! 7y
Kerouacthedog @Ebooksandcooks thanks! It was an unexpected accident and I haven't been able to work at all. Which sucks. But it's taught me a lot of gratitude. 7y
SaturnDoo OUCH!!! Hope you are on the mend and feel better soon ☺ 7y
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BookishMarginalia Big hug! 💜💜💜 7y
Smrloomis Feel better soon. And in the meantime, enjoy your reading 😬 7y
Eyelit 💚💚💚 7y
Kerouacthedog @SaturnDoo it looks much better than it did on Monday. Thanks for the love and well wishes! @BookishMarginalia when it rains it pours, am I right? @Smrloomis I can't lie; I am enjoying the reading. @Eyelit 💖💖💖💖 7y
minkyb Oh no. Take care of yourself. 7y
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nookinbooklyn
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dense, educational, enlightening -- i wish i could read this for the first time all over again

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