Weaving the Dark Web
Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2018
Summary
An exploration of the Dark Web-websites accessible only with special routing software-that examines the history of three anonymizing networks, Freenet, Tor, and I2P.The term “Dark Web” conjures up drug markets, unregulated gun sales, stolen credit cards. But, as Robert Gehl points out in Weaving the Dark Web, for each of these illegitimate uses, there are other, legitimate ones- the New York Times’s anonymous whistleblowing system, for example, and the use of encryption by political dissident…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262038263 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262038269 |
| Author: | Robert W. Gehl |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 548g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Information Society Series |
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Weaving the Dark Web: Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P presents legitimacy through thoroughly-researched and organized frames. The telling of esoteric computer science history, the use of archival text from listservs, interviews with developers and users, and concepts from varied disciplines deepen the exploration and leave the reader satiated. The chapters weave and complement each other as we struggle with legitimacy in communication and in power.
—Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and SocietyAbout The Author
Robert W. Gehl
Robert W. Gehl is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, where he is also an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric. He is the author of Reverse Engineering Social Media, winner of the 2015 Association of Internet Researchers Nancy Baym Award.
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