The Dark Net

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS AND LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEBeyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit a world of Google, Hotmail, Facebook and lies a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits, and where people can be anyone, or do anything, they want A world that is as creative and complex as it is dangerous and disturbing A world that is much closer than you think.The dark net is an underworld that stretches from popular social media sites to the most secretive corners of the encrypted web It is a world that frequently appears in newspaper headlines, but one that is little understood, and rarely explored The Dark Net is a revelatory examination of the internet today, and of its most innovative and dangerous subcultures trolls and pornographers, drug dealers and hackers, political extremists and computer scientists, Bitcoin programmers and self harmers, libertarians and vigilantes.Based on extensive first hand experience, exclusive interviews and shocking documentary evidence, The Dark Net offers a startling glimpse of human nature under the conditions of freedom and anonymity, and shines a light on an enigmatic and ever changing world. Read The Dark Net author Jamie Bartlett – kino-fada.fr Have you ever found yourself lost in the deep web Checked out the merchandise on the Silk Road, and paid for it in Bitcoins Or maybe you occasionally frequent 4chan, particularly b If none of these things sound particularly familiar, then The Dark Net might be a good book to introduce you to all of them.Jamie Bartlett writes the tech column for The Telegraph which I occasionally read, and I approached his book with interest I expected it to be an ...I can t remember when and how I first became aware of this book, but I had always assumed mainly, I suppose, because of the title, and the subjects covered within the book that it would primarily be about the deep web In fact, only one chapter is really about that, and the rest of the book is actually about broader categories of online activity and behaviour encapsulated by the subtitle inside the digital underworld Topics covered include trolling, political extremism, camsex, online c I can t remember when and how I first became aware of this book, but I had always assumed mainly, I suppose, because of the title, and the subjects covered within the book that it would primarily be about the deep web In fact, only one chapter is really about that, and the rest of the book is actually about broader categories of online activity and behaviour encapsulated by the subtitle inside the digital underworld Topics covered include trolling, political extremism, camsex, online currencies, buying drugs on the internet, child porn, pro ana sites, and various ideologies and movements arising from either deification of the internet or...Can you imagine a world without the internet today It s brought us so much, become such a staple in our lives There is little doubt that the net is one of the most important and influential creations in our human history But in a lot of ways we ve also created a monster, a Frankenstein sewn together from so many parts of our own collective psyche, both good and bad Author Jamie Bartlett who is also the Director of the Center for the Analysis of Social Media does us a great service by disse Can you imagine a world without the internet today It s brought us so much, become such a staple in our lives There is little doubt that the net is one of the most important and influential creations in our human history But in a lot of ways we ve also created a monster, a Frankenstein sewn together from so many parts of our own collective psyche, both good and bad Author Jamie Bartlett who is also the Director of the Center for the Analysis of Social Media does us a great service by dissecting this dark half, peeling back the skin and sinew so we can see what s gone rotten inside The Dark Net is not a long book, yet it covers a lot of ground Bartlett embeds himself with cypherpunks, online neo nazis, cam girls, trolls, and the technologically savvy He examines the underground trade of drugs, contract killing, and child pornography on the interne...If you want to read a book that reveals all the hidden, mysterious secrets of the Dark Net , this isn t it Jamie Bartlett does talk about the underground network and provides details about the the Silk Road website that sells illegal drugs but most of the sites discussed aren t especially cryptic Neverthless, the author provides an interesting overview of non mainstream goings on in the cyberworld In Bartlett s view, the dark net is a place where users say and do what they like, oft If you want to read a book that reveals all the hidden, mysterious secrets of the Dark Net , this isn t it Jamie Bartlett does talk about the underground network and provides details about the the Silk Road website that sells illegal drugs but most of the sites discussed aren t especially cryptic Neverthless, the author provides an interesting overview of non mainstream goings on in the cyberworld In Bartlett s view, the dark ...The Deep Web is a significant part of the internet that doesn t show up on regular search engines and can only be accessed via TOR encrypted browsers Probably the most famous part of the Deep Web is Silk Road which became famous for successfully selling drugs in vast quantities over the internet The dark internet is dead data that can no longer be reached via computers and Darknet is a file sharing network that s part of the Deep Web.I mention these distinctions because it seems that many re The Deep Web is a significant part of the internet that doesn t show up on regular search engines and can only be accessed via TOR encrypted browsers Probably the most famous part of the Deep Web is Silk Road which became famous for successfully selling drugs in vast quantities over the internet The dark internet is dead data that can no longer be reached via computers and Darknet is a file sharing network that s part of the Deep Web.I mention these distinctions because it seems that many readers have picked up this book believing that it s about the Deep Web but really only one chapter directly addresses it Jamie Bartlett s The Dark ...Wonderful, well researched book I am busy researching a novel and wanted some info on the dark web without having to get involved in it Well written.I heard a bunch of negative press for this book because it didn t delve too deeply into any one of its very interesting topics Still, I was intrigued by the subject matter, so I gave The Dark Net a spin.Boy, am I glad I took that chance The Dark Net is not mindblowing, but for someone like me who didn t know 90% of what was in the book this was riveting material His explorations of the different political factions, internet history, internet terrorist propaganda, child pornography, drug marke I heard a bunch of negative press for this book because it didn t delve too deeply into any one of its very interesting topics Still, I was intrigued by the subject matter, so I gave The Dark Net a spin.Boy, am I glad I took that chance The Dark Net is not mindblowing, but for someone like me who didn t know 90% of what was in the book this was riveting material His explorations of the different political factions, internet history, ...If you don t hang out much on the Internet, then The Dark Net will be a cursory but fascinating tour through the tubes, like a fucked up version of Richard Scarry s What Do People Do All Day If, on the other hand, you know what pro ana pro mia, rickrolling, and b are, there s not much here that s terribly new There are still great snippets from interviews here and there, but overall that crowd will find thisentertaining than informative or enlightening I, for one, was expecting an If you don t hang out much on the Internet, then The Dark Net will be a cursory but fascinating tour through the tubes, like a fucked up version of Richard Scarry s What Do People Do All Day If, on the other hand, you know what pro ana pro mi...I pre ove knjige smo znali da na internetu mo emo prona i hakere, devojke koje se pred kamerama skidaju za novac, pedofile, destrukciju, forume o anoreksiji i td Dok sam uzimao knjigu u ruke pomalo sam bio skepti an ta u unutra zate i, ali posle nekoliko stranica u ao sam u digitalni svet i nije bilo povratka Na in na koji je ova knjiga pisana je neverovatno jednostavan Mislio sam da ne u razumeti ni re , ali ova knjiga je i za one koji i pored toliko provedenih sati na ra unaru i dalje seb I pre ove knjige smo znali da na internetu mo emo prona i hakere, devojke koje se pred kamerama skidaju za novac, pedofile, destrukciju, forume o anoreksiji i td Dok sam uzimao knjigu u ruke pomalo sam bio skepti an ta u unutra zate i, ali posle nekoliko stranica u ao sam u digitalni svet i nije bilo povratka Na in na koji je ova knjiga pisana je neverovatno jednostavan Mislio sam da ne u razumeti ni re , ali ova knjiga je i za one koji i pored toliko provedenih sati na ra unaru i dalje sebe smatraju za informati ki neobrazovane zbog toga dajem ocenu 4 D ejmi nas uvla i u svet koji ne zna za pravila I za kraj, mo da je to moglo malo bolje, ipak intervuji nisu ura eni do kraja, na e se neka korisna informacija o bitcoinu, slik roadu 2.0..i td Ovo je mini vodi u mra nu stranu int...

The Dark Net
  • English
  • 20 March 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 0434023159
  • Jamie Bartlett
  • The Dark Net