Homeland (2013)
Homeland is a 2013 united states book written by Cory Doctorow.
Years after Little Brother, Marcus Yallow has traded street hacktivism for a day job running the website of a reform politician. Then Masha resurfaces and hands him a drive full of leaked cables exposing corporate and government rot, with one condition: publish it if she disappears. Moments later she is grabbed by the same agents who once detained him. Cory Doctorow builds a fast, argumentative thriller out of encryption, protest tactics, and the cost of doing the right thing in public. Practical, angry, and stuffed with real tools a curious reader can go and learn.
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What is Homeland about?
Years after Little Brother, Marcus Yallow has traded street hacktivism for a day job running the website of a reform politician. Then Masha resurfaces and hands him a drive full of leaked cables exposing corporate and government rot, with one condition: publish it if she disappears. Moments later she is grabbed by the same agents who once detained him. Cory Doctorow builds a fast, argumentative thriller out of encryption, protest tactics, and the cost of doing the right thing in public. Practical, angry, and stuffed with real tools a curious reader can go and learn.
When was Homeland published?
Homeland was published in 2013.
Who made Homeland?
Homeland was written by Cory Doctorow.
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A few thoughts on Homeland
Readers drawn to the tradecraft should try Watch Dogs, a game that turns a surveilled city into a hackable playground, and Mr. Robot, which shares Marcus's paranoia about who really controls the network. Both trade in the same mix of real security culture and righteous anger at unaccountable power.