Review of 'Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet' on 'LibraryThing'
Fascinating history showing the interconnectedness of military intelligence and the development of the internet and the companies that are so dominant today. Good journalism, great footnotes. The chapter on Tor and Signal left me scratching my head a bit, but I think I get his general gist - don't put total faith in crypto that is funded by spooks, even if the reason spooks want good crytpo is so that dissidents can cause mischief for our enemies. The cultural analysis of how we forgot the origins of the internet and began to equate it with freedom is especially interesting.
