Permanent Record
A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower
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Narrated by:
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Holter Graham
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Written by:
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Edward Snowden
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN 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 to try to bring it down.
In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.
Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online – a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.
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- Arunkumar V
- 30-12-19
I uninstalled my facebook & instagram mobile app.
This book made me uninstall my facebook & instagram. Unfortunately still using my Android phone as there is no alternative. We need mini clouds for our home and open source apps ( client apps and cloud syncing services ) to enable our own private cloud.
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- Reang
- 17-05-20
Absolutely amazing!
His story is that of heroism and selfless love for his country. He risked his life, his way of life for what he belived to be right. Their love story is inspiring too. If you're looking to buy the book, don't hesitate. you'll not regret buying it. although, it may be a little costly for some. have a great read!
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- Ketan
- 21-03-21
Awesome audiobook
Loved to listen to this audiobook. It was very inspiring for me.
Also the narration was perfect.
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- Anonimo
- 06-01-20
Very Enlightening
Story of why Edward Snowden is in Exile, and a grim reminder that nothing is ours once we share it on the net. No email, picture, contact or even this comment.
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- A J
- 10-10-19
A well articulated story based on Snowden's view
I could relate with Snowden's upbringing and his fascination with technology. At lot of times i connected back to my own childhood when he was describing his first encounters with video games, computer and other technology in general. He took a great risk in revealing the secret operations involving NSA and CIA, which is definitely a very bold step that very few humans would even think of. He does admit to lot of illegal things he did (war driving and cracking WEP!), which when compared to the illegal things NSA and CIA does is a small mole on front of a mountain. I hope this catalyses much required changes in how privacy is handled by both private corporations and governments.
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- Swapnil Jaiswal
- 08-10-19
Touching story
One of the most interesting autobiography i have read in recent times. Its honest and touching. The presentation is also great. A highly recommended book for anyone who uses a computer on a daily basis.
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- Shashvat Rai
- 16-11-20
What a journey!
Great story but probably could have been a bit shorter. Feel more informed on certain aspects like life in an agency, but lesser so on aspects such as recommendations against state surveillance, how sophisticated can the data processing engine be to process loads of input data etc
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- Rahul
- 05-02-20
Best experience
I just loved the book. The way it describes the events is eye catching. It was totally worth. I highly recommend it.
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- Nilesh U.
- 24-01-20
Brilliant story of Courage and Hope
A relentless scifi movie happening in real time, Story of a whistleblower's confession, blowing up the worlds strongest power's Mass Surveillance System. This is a story of love and also a universal love, to do the right thing.
I so loved when Edward wanted to delete his all online presense ever, his teen age years posts on dating sites, his chats on encrypted chat rooms as a hacker, anything. But he chose to not do that, as doing this would mean he is the perfect human who never made mistakes, the one who have never regretted his old actions, the one who denies that he was ever bad in his life.. Doing that would be lie and a pretense. This is the closest to all of our actions/thoughts combined, which he had the courage and humility to accept publically 🙏
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- Kommineni Nagarjuna
- 18-04-20
Must listen for ppl who trust the internet
Must listen for ppl who trust the internet .Much respects for Hero of our lifetime Edward Snowden...
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