Cory Doctorow on Nostr: In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were ...

In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance.

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