+KAOS. Ten Years of Hacking and Media Activism

+KAOS. Ten Years of Hacking and Media Activism

Paperback (20 Apr 2017)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Autistici/Inventati was funded in 2001 with the goal of creating an autonomous server and providing free web services which respected users' privacy and anonymity. Having grown into a distributed network spread over several countries, their projects and servers have repeatedly been subjected to legal pressure by governments: however, even while being forcibly seized, shut down and under invasive surveillance operations, they survived. As of today they still offer secure and non-commercial tools for free communication to thousands of users. +KAOS is a cut and paste of interviews, like a documentary film transposed on paper. It describes the peculiar relationship between hacktivism and activism, in Italy and beyond, highlighting the importance of maintaining digital infrastructures. While this may not sound as glamorous as sneaking into a server and leaking data, it is a fundamental topic: not even the most emblematic group of hacktivists can operate without the services of radical server collectives.

Book information

ISBN: 9789492302168
Publisher: Lulu Press
Imprint: Institute of Network Cultures
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Language: English
Number of pages: 142
Weight: 209g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 8mm