Ebook underground julian assange

Julian Assange is an internet activist, journalist and publisher. Born and raised in Australia, Julian is the founder, spokesperson and editor in chief of WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website that started in In , WikiLeaks begans to publish hundreds of thousands of classified details about American involvement in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which created a media storm. At the end of , the site published a series of classified US diplomatic cables, now known as Cablegate.

I really kept yearning to know more - Dreyfus includes enough little details to get you really hooked. Jul 21, Alec Short rated it really liked it.

If you are curious about the early days of the Internet along with the sub-culture of hacking then this is a wonderful book. Some technical details from the times of dial-up but also a reflection on the naivety of the organisations even government ones that used it.

An immersive read and I challenge you to read it without any of the soundtrack from the film "Hackers" in your head. Apr 08, Brian Palmer rated it did not like it Shelves: non-fiction , Writing a book on hacking, computer security, and so forth is hard. When this was written, back in , it was surely even harder, as the general audience this book is aimed at was presumably less familiar with the technical details of "cyberspace.

I read this from a PDF that's freely available on the book's website; it was presented in a fixed-width, ty Writing a book on hacking, computer security, and so forth is hard.

I read this from a PDF that's freely available on the book's website; it was presented in a fixed-width, typewriter-seeming font -- the sort of font that you'd use to read most electronic text from the s, and eschewed much typography or layout again, like you were reading an ASCII text from that period. This may have made it worse, because Dreyfus kept interrupting her own timeline to include anecdotes or brief timejumps about the subject of each chapter.

But with no sign that the timejump occurred, the writing felt disjoint and bizarre, irrelevant details complicating what should be straightforward description of what happened. I read the first pages or so quickly, before it got to the chapter on Assange "Mendax". He apparently helped edit the text he is listed as a contributor here on Goodreads ; it was there that, whether it was simply seeing how the text glissed over attributes that more recent profiles of Assange have focused on, or wondering how much of this chapter has been glamorized, that I felt like it became a captive to the "hacker" view.

In the end, I finished but was left feeling that the book glossed past things, and the writing itself left me down. I probably wouldn't recommend it -- Michelle Slatalla's Masters of Deception was written at around the same time, and took a similarly fairly sympathetic view of its characters, but is much better written.

Dec 06, Patrick DiJusto rated it really liked it Shelves: Pretty interesting book about the hacker subculture of the late 80s and early 90s -- in Australia.

Who knew? The stories are pretty much the same as every hacker story everywhere: a bunch of nerdy aspie teenage guys stay up late at night making their way through the local telephone company computers. From there they access universities, and from there they visit Pretty interesting book about the hacker subculture of the late 80s and early 90s -- in Australia.

From there they access universities, and from there they visit corporation mainframes and network clusters -- all for the simple joy of finding out how they work. As with all hacker stories, the general arc is the same: someone brags about the hacking they've done, the federal police investigate, the cops make several "burst through the door with stun grenades" arrests, someone turns state's evidence, some hackers go to jail.

But as always, the story is in the details, and the details of this book make it an interesting bit of hacker lore. One interesting tidbit -- the book was researched and fact checked by a young Australian journalist named Julian Assange, who pretty obviously knew a lot about hacking into computers to obtain information, I'm just saying. Suelette Dreyfus has compiled an intriguingly honest account of Melbourne's underground hacking community. Julian Assange , editor in chief of the notorious whistle blower site WikiLeaks , assists in the telling of this eye-opening, detailed development of Australian hacking, his role in The International Subversives , and ultimately it's influence on international hacking.

Lovers are crossed, families are betrayed or betray and the secret service have more than their fair share of the spotlight to Suelette Dreyfus has compiled an intriguingly honest account of Melbourne's underground hacking community.

Lovers are crossed, families are betrayed or betray and the secret service have more than their fair share of the spotlight too. A great book, even for non-hackers or non-computer literate readers. Worth your while if you want to see what these 'bad' guys really do. The Kindle edition had wonky formatting, so be warned.

Reading this made me pay closer attention to the Lulz Security attacks going on this year. I think it also made me more sympathetic? More pro-LulzSec? More interested in learning about the curiosities and drives that make up young hackers?

In any case, Suelette weaves a good story. Worth a read, even if you're not in the computer industry - there's very little technical jargon that's not explained, so no matter what, you'll be abl The Kindle edition had wonky formatting, so be warned. Worth a read, even if you're not in the computer industry - there's very little technical jargon that's not explained, so no matter what, you'll be able to follow along. Feb 21, Vasil Kolev rated it really liked it Shelves: tech , history.

This is just too short. There are a few cases in it, but there isn't really a whole picture and I'm pretty sure there was enough material to paint it. The people described in the book are exemplary of the field, but that's really not enough.

The book is also a nice description of Julian Assange aka Mendax , who also helped with it so, the usual grain of salt applies.

It's interesting that some stuff still hasn't changed since then Jan 18, Chris Malia rated it it was amazing. I have never gotten through a book faster than this. You might think a book about hacking would be boring, but the chapters are all well told. And the book today is more pertinent than ever, as hactivism has pushed its way into public discourse. Assange writes the forward, and is now public enemy number 1. You don't need to be a tech person to understand the book--a huge plus.

Best part of all, it's free. Apr 06, Mycroft rated it really liked it Shelves: hacking-fiction-compendium. Well, lets see. There are definite Assange undertones to this book. But it is also a tale told from the perspective of the hacking community in the s. Although it's supposed to be a mostly true story, you can tell it contains some embellishments for the sake of the story, and the subject's privacy.

All in all a well rounded book. Jan 04, Evilynn rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , , cs , geek. I'm a geek by trade, and the reason I stumbled into my line of work is that I've always been highly fascinated by communications networks. Underground deals with some of the early history of hacking, which might be an acquired taste, but for those of us interested in the field it's an interesting and engaging read.

Interesting nostalgic read. I remember the time and some of the people mentioned. Oh, the days of the Commodore 64 and the even more wonderful Amiga.

After a rather slow and laborious beginning, delving into the not too interesting details of the attack on NASA, I became more engaged with the lives of the hackers and Ken Day and his colleagues' under-resourced campaign to bring them to justice.

An account of hackers and their underground world. Tells the story of Par, a hacker that was on the run from the US secret service, and of Julian Assange's hacking days in Australia, among other stories. A must read for piecing together a history of computer hacking. Send all comments to " [email protected] ". Why would an author give away an unlimited number of copies of her book for free?

That's a good question. Julian had worked thousands of hours doing painstaking research; discovering and cultivating sources, digging with great resourcefulness into obscure databases and legal papers, not to mention providing valuable editorial advice. Because part of the joy of creating a piece of art is in knowing that many people can - and are - enjoying it.

People such as cash strapped hackers. This book is about them, their lives and obsessions. It rubs clear a small circle in the frosted glass so the reader can peer into that hazy world. But the best praise came from two of the hackers detailed in the book. Surprising praise, because while the text is free of the narrative moralising that plague other works, the selection of material is often very personal and evokes mixed sympathies. Not long after Par, half a world away, and with a real tone of bewildered incredulity in his voice made exactly the same observation.

For a writer, it just doesn't get any better than that. By releasing this book for free on the Net, I'm hoping more people will not only enjoy the story of how the international computer underground rose to power, but also make the journey into the minds of hackers involved. When I first began sketching out the book's structure, I decided to go with depth. Instead, he chose to watch the young man's reactions.

The young man was completely absorbed, reading hungrily through his well-worn copy, which he had completely personalised. The pages were covered in highlighter, scrawled margin writing and post-it notes. He had underlined sections and dog-eared pages. If the bus had detoured to Brisbane, he probably wouldn't have noticed. I like that. It makes me happy, and happy people usually want to share.

The electronic version is being donated to the visionary Project Gutenburg, a collection of free electronic books run with missionary zeal by Michael Hart. She provided me with a kind of inspiration for this book. What I didn't mention is that as a result of macular degeneration in both eyes, she is now blind. She can no longer paint or dive.

You can also send the work to your friends for free. Or your enemies. At over a. Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier. Books by Subject.

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