Summary of Edward Snowden's Permanent Record

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The first thing I ever hacked was bedtime. I was not allowed to go to bed before my parents did, but I was not going to let that stop me from getting what I wanted. I began setting the clocks in my house ahead of time, and when the authorities failed to notice, I was furious.

#2 The Internet is a network of networks that connects nearly every computer in the world. It has given us the ability to digitize and put online almost everything we don’t eat, drink, wear, or dwell in.

#3 My generation was the last to grow up in a analogue world. We lived in a grand old house on a little patch of lawn shaded by dogwood trees and strewn in summer with white magnolia flowers. The house had an atypical layout: its main entrance was on the second floor, accessed by a massive brick staircase.

#4 I was fascinated by the Commodore 64 my father was using to play Choplifter! I would watch him fly over a moonlit desert and shoot down enemy jets and tanks. He was a hero to me.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669348979

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Insights on Edward Snowden's Permanent Record

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The first thing I ever hacked was bedtime. I was not allowed to go to bed before my parents did, but I was not going to let that stop me from getting what I wanted. I began setting the clocks in my house ahead of time, and when the authorities failed to notice, I was furious.

#2

The Internet is a network of networks that connects nearly every computer in the world. It has given us the ability to digitize and put online almost everything we don’t eat, drink, wear, or dwell in.

#3

My generation was the last to grow up in a analogue world. We lived in a grand old house on a little patch of lawn shaded by dogwood trees and strewn in summer with white magnolia flowers. The house had an atypical layout: its main entrance was on the second floor, accessed by a massive brick staircase.

#4

I was fascinated by the Commodore 64 my father was using to play Choplifter! I would watch him fly over a moonlit desert and shoot down enemy jets and tanks. He was a hero to me.

#5

I was too young to understand that the joystick my father had given me wasn’t plugged in. All I knew was that I was flying alongside my father.

#6

My family’s history is deeply rooted in the sea, as they come from Pilgrim ancestors who sailed down the coast from Massachusetts to North Carolina.

#7

I have two parents, Lon and Edith. Lon was a chief petty officer at the Coast Guard’s Aviation Technical Training Center in Elizabeth City, and Edith was a housewife. They gave me chores as a way to teach me responsibility, and math challenges to test my skills.

#8

I grew up admiring the Greek and Roman gods, but my favorite was Hephaestus, the god of fire, volcanoes, blacksmiths, and carpenters. I was proud to be able to spell his Greek name, and to know that his Roman name, Vulcan, was used for the home planet of Spock from Star Trek.

#9

I was fascinated by stories, and I loved reading. I was also a very poor reader, though, and would come home from the library with shorter books and books with lots of pictures.

#10

The NES was an important part of my childhood. From Super Mario Bros. , I learned that life