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Finished the book and was blown away. My eyes are open. Devoured the book in two days. Funny how books relate to real life. Fiction is relatable. This book will force you to think seriously about privacy, cyber security, and your rights.

Parts I Liked:

…     The afterword for this book has lots of resources for increasing your online freedom, blocking the snoops and evading the censorware blocks.

…     Web of trust is one of those cool crypto things that I’d read about but never tried. It was a nearly foolproof way to make sure that you could talk to the people you trusted, but that no one else could listen in

…     This is called the man-in-the-middle attack and if you think about it, it’s pretty scary. Someone who man-in-the-middles your communications can trick you in any of a thousand ways.

…     I wrote this, and no one else. No one could have tampered with it or changed it.

Thoughts

Read the entire book through once. Go back over it and start implementing security protocols as needed. Determine your threat model. Learn more about privacy and security. It’s fun.

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