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Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower

1915 Ratings

4.5

Duration
11H 30min
Language
English
Format
Category

True Crime

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.

In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.

Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online – a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.

© 2019 Macmillan Digital Audio (Audiobook): 9781529035681

Release date

Audiobook: 17 September 2019

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4.5

Overall rating based on 1915 ratings

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  • VR

    21 Oct 2024

    Page-turner

    Frankly to get a better idea of the issue watch the movie. But excellent book none the less. Highly recommended to you and everyone at home

  • Vinod

    18 Oct 2023

    Boring
    Informative
    Page-turner

    What ever may be it was informative for sure while at the same time not much enthusiastic to read through! May be because I’m from a computer science background, I might have more expectations!

  • Prince

    15 Jun 2023

    Informative
    Motivating
    Mind-blowing
    Smart
    Inspiring
    Sad
    Thrilling
    Romantic

    Amazing book, not much Tech but real life story. I recommend to everyone who is a son, daughter, father, mother, husband or wife & to all lovers.

  • Sujit

    17 Jun 2022

    Thought-provoking
    Page-turner

    Interesting and informative. Author laid his life on the line for common citizen.