Permanent Record (Young Readers Edition)
How One Man Exposed the Truth about Government Spying and Digital Security
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ISBN10: 1250767911
ISBN13: 9781250767912
Hardcover
256 Pages
$19.99
CA$26.99
In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he revealed that the United States government was secretly building a system of mass surveillance with the ability to gaze into the private lives of every person on earth. Phone calls, text messages, emails—nothing was safe from prying eyes. Now the man who risked everything to expose the truth about government spying describes for a new generation how he helped build that system, what motivated him to try to bring it down, and how young people can strive to protect their privacy in the digital age.
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Praise for Permanent Record (Young Readers Edition)
"Snowden's sprightly prose, his deep technical knowledge, his superb knack for explaining complex matters, his ability to articulate principled action all come together in a book that is, if anything, better than the adult version."—Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing
"An absorbing read about digital privacy and one man’s fateful choice to disclose government secrets."—Kirkus Reviews
"A fascinating look behind the scenes of real-life espionage."—School Library Journal
"Skillfully adapted from his best-selling adult book . . . fascinating."—Booklist
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Looking Through the Window
The first thing I ever hacked was bedtime.
When I was young, it always felt unfair that my parents forced me to go to sleep before they or my sister did. I wasn’t even...
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Edward Snowden
