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When Google Met WikiLeaks
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– Unabridged
In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country residence in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest. For several hours the besieged leader of the world’s most famous insurgent publishing organization and the billionaire head of the world’s largest information empire locked horns. The two men debated the political problems faced by society, and the technological solutions engendered by the global network - from the Arab Spring to Bitcoin. They outlined radically opposing perspectives: for Assange, the liberating power of the Internet is based on its freedom and statelessness. For Schmidt, emancipation is at one with US foreign policy objectives and is driven by connecting non-Western countries to American companies and markets. These differences embodied a tug-of-war over the Internet’s future that has only gathered force subsequently.
When Google Met WikiLeaks presents the story of Assange and Schmidt’s encounter. Both fascinating and alarming, it contains an edited transcript of their conversation and extensive, new material, written by Assange specifically for this book, providing the best available summary of his vision for the future of the Internet.
- Listening Length4 hours and 40 minutes
- Audible release dateSeptember 26, 2014
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB00NYD3P7U
- VersionUnabridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Product details
Listening Length | 4 hours and 40 minutes |
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Author | Julian Assange |
Narrator | Tom Pile |
Audible.com Release Date | September 26, 2014 |
Publisher | Audible Studios |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B00NYD3P7U |
Best Sellers Rank | #6,198 in Technology (Books) #34,114 in Engineering (Books) |
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What is at stake here is large; this is not an indictment only of one company (Google) but of the entire assault on civil society and individual rights conducted by the nexus.
That Assange manages to retain his optimism is a tribute to him; this book is a real eye-opener and a clarion call for action..by us all.
Need to start reading again ----- so much to cover
For those, like myself, who, at the very least believe in checks and balances of all side of difficult worldwide philosophical arguments, risking your life and poverty always gets my vote over joining the greed of the Power Establishment (assuming Eric Schmidt was even wise enough to realize, it IS a choice). One item that neither addresses is that, while the symbiotic nature of the US Government and US business is nothing new, the internet and the cloud add elements that are hyper-Orwellian in nature.
For example, for all the ignorant that are putting information into the cloud and assuming that the Constitution protects it, just consider for a moment how much more secret, anonymous and untraceable (even assuming perfectly well-intentioned humans and a perfect legal system) the cloud is regarding where your "property" under the 4th Amendment is being stored. All of the benefits of the cloud are also its most negative aspects. Unless you have a private cloud (assuming they exist and are not merely marketing hype), to get the benefit of elasticity, keep in mind that a cloud provider does not typically know where on Earth (much less within the US) your information, i.e. "property", is located. This means that what law applies is also up for grabs, as is what happens if there is a leak or a US or Foreign governmental request of obtain it, and whether or not you will even ever be provided with notice of the issue (for more on this read "A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Data in the Cloud" by Winston Maxwell, Paris, France and Christopher Wolf, Washington, DC -- 23 May 2012).
So while this "book" is largely a recount of the interview transcript, it is a way to not have the Banking Industry block your donations to Wikileaks and to place yourself (I perhaps naively assume since the list must be mighty long by now) on a lower-level threat list by the government for doing so. Of course, now we have Amazon playing the role of Google in the drama, since I presume they are taking a percentage -- no surprise as Capitalism rolls on.
Reveals to you the beauty of the tenacity of incredible awesome figures & fascinating minds.
Considering the importance of this story & its "face to face" encounter interview, the clarity is extraordinary.
Not overwhelming.
Much to appreciate about the sensitivity & good nature of Julian Assange for sharing his interview with everyone. You will appreciate the excellence in his commitment to making complex issues comprehensible & simple to understanding. His good manner & passion for his work & his creativity provides readers not only with visionary insight but his work is cultivating & humanizing.
Well written, and easy to read, Julian Assange, clearly has a political agenda that does not align with my own, he makes a good well documented case that Google have become far too powerful, and are way beyond just being in the business of providing search engine results and are now in the business of engineering our societies with approval and assistance of western governments.
This is a few years old now, so their position has changed, especially since the new administration in the WH.
Having not read much of what Assange has written, it was interesting seeing his perspective on the world and freedoms.
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If you can get the book, get it, If you can avoid google in as many ways as is practical, do so. There is a lot at stake.
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