Gigi finished reading Permanent record by Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass …
You know that moment when a book hits differently because reality catches up with its message? That's Permanent Record for you. Back in 2019, I devoured Snowden's autobiography.
Fast forward to today's mass exodus from privacy-nightmare platforms, and suddenly this book feels less like a memoir and more like a prophet's handbook. Snowden doesn't just spill government tea – he breaks down how our digital breadcrumbs become someone else's breakfast buffet.
It is a good, interesting and easy read, but even if it wasn't: Snowden sacrificed his normal life to tell us all this stuff, the least we can do is read about it while we still have enough privacy left to do so without someone logging our page turns.