Little Brother

382 pages

English language

Published March 26, 2008 by Tom Doherty Associates.

OCLC Number:
176972381

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4 stars (2 reviews)

After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

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Not far from reality and current development of state control

5 stars

The most scary thing is the fact we already live in a society that uses terrorism and other boogeymen to tighten the control of communication and movement of the citizens.

IT security is well explained. Even if this book is for youth, I realized I didn't fully understand some security concepts (public-private key) until now.

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Subjects

  • United States
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Computer hackers
  • Civil rights
  • Counterculture
  • Terrorism
  • United States. Dept. of Homeland Security
  • Fiction

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