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The Resource The secret life : three true stories of the digital age, Andrew O'Hagan

The secret life : three true stories of the digital age, Andrew O'Hagan

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The secret life : three true stories of the digital age
Title
The secret life
Title remainder
three true stories of the digital age
Statement of responsibility
Andrew O'Hagan
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Language
eng
Summary
"The slippery online ecosystem of encrypted messages, leaked documents, black markets, cryptocurrencies, and fake Facebook profiles (68 million of them) is the perfect breeding ground for identities. Some are true, some are false, and some lie in between. The old Internet shorthand IRL--"in real life"--Now seems naïve. We no longer question the reality of online experiences, but rather the reality of selfhood in the digital age. In The Secret Life, the essayist and novelist Andrew O'Hagan issues three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and "IRL." "Ghosting" introduces us to one of the most beguiling and divisive figures of the Internet era: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose autobiography the author agrees to ghostwrite, with unforeseen--and unforgettable--consequences. "The Invention of Ronald Pinn" finds the author using the actual identity of a deceased young man to construct an entirely new identity in cyberspace, leading him on a journey deep into the Dark Web's deepest realms. And "The Satoshi Affair" chronicles the strange case of Craig Wright, the Australian Web developer who may or may not be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto--and who may or may not be willing, or even able, to reveal the truth."--Jacket flap
Cataloging source
DLC
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1968-
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O'Hagan, Andrew
Dewey number
302.3
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Assange, Julian
  • WikiLeaks (Organization)
  • Pinn, Ronald
  • Nakamoto, Satoshi
  • Wright, Craig Stephen
  • Online identities
  • Secrecy
  • Internet
  • Bitcoin
Label
The secret life : three true stories of the digital age, Andrew O'Hagan
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Publication
Copyright
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Ghosting -- The invention of Ronald Pinn -- The Satoshi affair
Control code
ocn968639493
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
xvi, 218 pages
Isbn
9780374717094
Lccn
2017001315
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027565626
Label
The secret life : three true stories of the digital age, Andrew O'Hagan
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Ghosting -- The invention of Ronald Pinn -- The Satoshi affair
Control code
ocn968639493
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First American edition.
Extent
xvi, 218 pages
Isbn
9780374717094
Lccn
2017001315
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027565626

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