Message From Julian Assange To Readers From Boitempo - Cypherpunks - and the future of internet freedom

Julian Assange's message for the readers of Boitempo The internet has become the greatest threat to human civilization that we have ever known over the last twenty years there have been to parallel developments On the one hand more knowledge has been granted to more people than ever before. That transfer knowledge to the powerless has made them more powerful. The internet in that way has been a tool of liberation and emancipation On the other hand hidden beneath the surface more knowledge about all of us about global humanity, almost every person in international civilization has been collected by international spy agencies sitting on cross-border telecommunications gaining access to institutions like Google, Facebook collecting that information and giving it to those people who already have the greatest power That transfer of knowledge has been the greatest theft or power in human history [Brazilian edition of Cypherpunks] It is not the states that have become wrapped up in this system It is Google, Facebook and the other big internet companies as well If you're on the internet this problem is your problem if you want to know what to do about read this book and join the fight for the future and freedom of the internet Cypherpunks: freedom and the future of the internet Julian Assange, Jacob Appelbaum, Andy Müller-Maguhn & Jérémie Zimmermann published by Boitempo in Brazil