Snowden's box : trust in the age of surveillance / By Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruder, Jessica, author.

Maharidge, Dale, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snowden, Edward J., 1983-.

Snowden, Edward J.

Electronic surveillance--United States.

Electronic surveillance.

Journalism--Political aspects.

History.

United States.

Confidential communications--United States.

Confidential communications.

Journalism--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.

Journalism.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2020.

Summary:

"In the summer of 2013, the world was riveted by Edward Snowden's leak of millions of classified documents detailing the US government's massive and secret electronic surveillance program, in which the NSA had infiltrated tech companies, communication systems, emails and phones to spy on, among others, its own citizens. But this digital-age story had an analog side--Snowden mailed printed-out documents to the journalists Jessica Bruder and Dale Maharidge, who hid them in barrels, in an outhouse, and in a tree. Thus began an education in surveillance and counter-surveillance for these two experienced reporters, who were nonetheless completely ignorant about the lack of privacy they-and all of us-now have"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Winter nights

The brittle summer

The players

American amnesia

The panopticon in the parlor

The tree.

Notes:

"Parts of this book appeared originally under the same title in Harper's Magazine, May 17, 2017"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-175) and index.

ISBN:

9781788733434

1788733436

OCLC:

1120784044