MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 05895b77   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.57 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0500   
    Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the     
   Internet | Hardcover   
      
   Yasha Levine   
      
   PublicAffairs | PublicAffairs Political Science / Privacy &   
   Surveillance (see also Social Science - Privacy & Surveillance)   
   / Security (National & International) / Computers / Internet -   
   Online Safety & Privacy   
      
   Published Feb 6, 2018   
      
   "The internet is the most effective weapon the government has     
   ever built.   
      
   "In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine   
   uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to   
   a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.   
      
   "A visionary intelligence officer, William Godel, realized that   
   the key to winning the war in Vietnam was not outgunning the   
   enemy, but using new information technology to understand their   
   motives and anticipate their movements. This idea -- using   
   computers to spy on people and groups perceived as a threat,   
   both at home and abroad -- drove ARPA to develop the internet   
   in the 1960s, and continues to be at the heart of the modern   
   internet we all know and use today. As Levine shows,   
   surveillance wasn't something that suddenly appeared on the   
   internet; it was woven into the fabric of the technology.   
      
   "But this isn't just a story about the NSA or other domestic   
   programs run by the government. As t he book spins forward in   
   time, Levine examines the private surveillance business that   
   powers tech-industry giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon,   
   revealing how these companies spy on their users for profit,   
   all while doing double duty as military and intelligence   
   contractors. Levine shows that the military and Silicon Valley   
   are effectively inseparable: a military-digital complex that   
   permeates everything connected to the internet, even coopting   
   and weaponizing the antigovernment privacy movement that sprang   
   up in the wake of Edward Snowden.   
      
   "With deep research, skilled storytelling, and provocative   
   arguments, Surveillance Valley will change the way you think   
   about the news -- and the device on which you read it.   
      
      
   --- OpenXP 5.0.57   
    * Origin: A turtle that surfs the dark web. [o] A TORtoise (2:221/1.58)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 124/5016   
   SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 360 226/30   
   SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 114 206 275 307 317 400 424 426   
   SEEN-BY: 229/428 452 470 550 664 700 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/464   
   SEEN-BY: 280/5003 282/1038 292/854 8125 301/1 310/31 317/3 320/219   
   SEEN-BY: 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/81 120 460/58 633/267   
   SEEN-BY: 633/280 281 384 412 416 418 509 712/848 770/1   
   PATH: 221/1 280/464 633/280 229/426