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From the book:

Marcus, aka "w1n5t0n" is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works-and howto work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of his networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high schools intrusive but clumsy security systems.

But his whole world changes when, having skipped school, he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison, where they're mercilessly interrogated for days.

When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state, where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: Take down the DHS himself.

Can one teenage hacker take fight back against a government out of control? Maybe, but only if he's really careful... and very, very smart.

"A wonderful, important book... I'd recommend Little Brother over pretty much any book I've read this year" - Neil Gaiman, author of Sandman and American Gods.

"A worthy younger sibling to Orwell’s 1984, Cory Doctorow’s LITTLE BROTHER is lively, precocious, and most importantly, a little scary." - Brian K Vaughn, author of Y: The Last Man

"Scarily Realistic... Action-packed with tales of courage, technology, and demonstrations of digital disobedience as the technophiles civil protest". - Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, author of Hacking the Xbox

"Read this book. You'll learn a great deal about computer security, surveillance and how to counter it, and the risk of trading off freedom for 'security'. And you'll have fun doing it." - Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media.

This is one of my favorite books if not my favorite book. Everyone in this generation should read it, because we might need it should things go wrong.
Dmitri_Molotov

12 responses // This generation's 1984, download it for free

  • Wonderful sounding book, it sounds awesome.
    FallenMorgan
  • I have read it before, its very interesting.
    Smothmoth
  • I loved this book and totally respect Cory Doctorow for releasing it for free. As soon as I have money I am going to buy my own physical copy. It is a great guide for what to do when our government declares martial law. I suck at the hardware side of computers but much of the techniques interspersed with the narrative have real world applications with a little (or a lot) of imagination.
    spoonieday
  • Are you sure this is a work of fiction? And not a secret memo from the white house to homeland security?
    Brockie
  • The truth is that it seems like it could happen up to the point where a teen can hack the gov.
    KefKef
  • Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks man.
    onechance
  • Hell yes thanks for the link. I love free stuff, especially books.
    Ricky84
  • he doesn't hack the gov't, doesn't need to. he just uses their own inept responses against them, which i wish that someone would do to TSA cuz i'm really getting sick of that agency. how does harrassment protect us? i'd rather have freedom than safety because there is no such thing as safety.
    spoonieday
  • Seems all of us here are in agreement.
    I just hope all of you techno-geniuses are preparing for the day when Dick&Dubya attack Iran it will probably be timed to boost Republican election chances though it is part of supporting the "Ongoing War against Terror" charade.
    I'm sure none of you have missed this but I see in conversations about democracy there are still people more irritated by Chomsky being a boring, old, leftwing fart than they are about his message that the present administration has declared a presidential dictatorship. The ongoing war is against the people.
    charleshope
  • In view of the effort to cast Chomsky as some sort of odd-ball, I should have mentioned that he is a perceptive, honest & thorough analyst which is why his views have world-wide respect.
    For the people to whom this is news I would say: listen to the reasoning rather than your image of the reasoner.
    charleshope
  • Downloading :D
    sounds awesome
    MythicMayhem
  • PS. Great book almost finished
    And for those of you who do not think the Government can be hacked, Look up Gary McKinnon on google, He hacked the U.S. Military With a laptop, and 56K :P stupid government for using windows with very min protection, they deserved it...
    MythicMayhem

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