Little Brother - digg this
Cory Doctorow, geek god, defender of all things open source, and generally great podcaster/writer is releasing a new book this year, Little Brother
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.But his whole world changes when 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: to take down the DHS himself.
Boy THAT'S gonna push a button or two. Knowing Cory, which I don't, not personally anyway, this will probably be available for free in some form or another. I can't wait to read it. Evidently every chapter will contain some interesting how to's like defeating CCTV's and your school's proxy server. Heh.
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The recommendation by Neil Gaiman is enough for me to put this one on my watch list.
So what am I chopped liver? ;-)