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Author: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him...

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🟢 Developer Verdict

Edward Snowden's memoir offers a personal account of his role in building surveillance systems and his decision to expose them.

Read this if

✓ You want a firsthand account of modern mass surveillance.
✓ You are interested in the ethical dilemmas of government tech.
✓ You seek to understand the motivations behind whistleblowing.
✓ You are interested in the ethical dilemmas of government surveillance.

Skip this for now if

✗ You expect deep technical details on surveillance systems.
✗ You are looking for hands-on coding or engineering advice.
✗ You prefer a purely objective analysis over a personal narrative.

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— david_ojeda · My privacy setup 🔐 · Aug 21, 2019

"that’s something that others have talked in more detail (Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden come to mind)"
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