Little brother

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380 pages

Published by Tor Teen Books.

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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 hackiing to set things right.

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reviewed Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

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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3 stars

Subjects

  • United States. Dept. of Homeland and Security -- Juvenile literature.
  • Terrorism -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Computer hackers -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Civil rights -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Countercult -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Young adult fiction.
  • San Francisco (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction.

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