Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous
Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781781689837 (1781689830)
ASIN: 1781689830
Publish date: 2015-10-06
Publisher: Verso
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
If you’re interested in the Internet and its workings, then this book is for you. Yes, it’s about Anonymous, but in a way it’s also about the place that the Internet was believed (and hoped) to be, as opposed to what it has become. The topic is important, and the author, Gabriella Coleman, goes deep...
(I got a copy courtesy of NetGalley, in exchange for a honest review.)An interesting read, but one that I found rather hard to read all at once—probably because it felt pretty dense and dry, with a lot of information that seemed to meander at times. I guess this was kind of unavoidable, because ther...