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THE DARK NET by Jamie Bartlett
2015. Windmill Books. Paperback.
This book is an excellent survey of the darker side of the Internet
from a UK perspective. The organisation of the book is first rate
and each chapter covers a different aspect of the murky underground
online world. I found Chapters 1, 3 and 5 the most interesting.
Chapter 1: Unmasking the Trolls
Early online history; usenet, 4chan, doxxing
Chapter 2: The Lone Wolf
Political extremists on the Internet. Some of the people
(eg Tommy Robinson) I don't consider too extreme and have
political sympathy with.
Chapter 3: Into Galt's Gulch
Bitcoin and associated technologies. Libertarians.
Cryptography and Cypherpunks.
Chapter 4: Three Clicks.
Tor and hidden services and their use for underage pornography.
Chapter 5: On the Road.
The Silk Road and drug buying on the Internet. Digital reputation
and buyer rating schemes. Escrow.
Chapter 6: Lights, Web-camera, Action
Webcam sex performers
Chapter 7: The Werther Effect
Suicide support/encouragement groups on the internet.
"The Sorrows of Young Werther", a Goethe novel made into an Opera (by Massenet
if I recall correctly) apparently triggered a wave of suicides after its
publication, see page 209 of The Dark Net for details.
Conclusion: Zoltan vs Zerzan
Artifical life after death. The Hive Mind.
Notes: 52 pages of notes; about one-sixth of the book.
Further reading:
A great selection of books, many of which I already own including:
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When Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet (Hafter and Lyon)
We are Anonymous (P Olson)
This Machine Kills Secrets: Assange, Cypherpunks,Whistleblowers (A Greenberg)
Crypto (Steven Levy)
Cypherpunk Revolutionary (Robert Manne)
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14th November 2019.
April 2024: I'm considering a close re-read of this book, inspired by the
puerile need to find a remembered joke about fark.com or digg.com being
popular even though for the first year of its online existence all it
showed was a photo of a squirrel with huge testicles! Hopefully that joke
is in The Dark Net, but whether it is or not, this book will still reward
re-reading.
My book reviews are at https://github.com/stucooper/booksiveread