Books for Information Technology

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

OVERVIEW: The wild and ongoing real-life saga of Edward Snowden is outlined in this book. Snowden’s mission to expose the privacy-violating practices of the NSA required bold and dangerous violations of U.S. law. Greenwald writes about his encounters with Snowden, as well as his thoughts about national security and the limits of personal privacy in this opinionated, yet poignant, non-fiction story.

APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE: Although you will not pursue law-breaking behaviors with your IT knowledge, the story of Snowden reverberates throughout the IT world. It can also teach many lessons on ethics in business and technology that are taking shape because of Snowden’s actions.

Into the water…

Summary:

“Hawkins is at the forefront of a group of female authors – think Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott – who have reinvigorated the literary suspense novel by tapping a rich vein of psychological menace and social unease… there’s a certain solace to a dark escape, in the promise of submerged truths coming to light.” –Vogue