Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet
Author: Julian Assange, Jacob Appelbaum, Andy Muller-Maguh
Category: Other3
Published: 2012
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Read OnlineThe harassment of WikiLeaks and other Internet activists, together with attempts to introduce anti-file sharing legislation such as SOPA and ACTA, indicate that the politics of the Internet have reached a crossroads. In one direction lies a future that guarantees, in the watchwords of the cypherpunks, “privacy for the weak and transparency for the powerful”; in the other lies an Internet that allows government and large corporations to discover ever more about internet users while hiding their own activities. Assange and his co-discussants unpick the complex issues surrounding this crucial choice with clarity and engaging enthusiasm.released by the CypherTeam