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where_the_pages_bleed's review
5.0
Please excuse me while I ignore my phone after reading this...
BUT READ THIS
BUT READ THIS
jessicalgeuther's review
5.0
Holy cow. I'm not tech savvy at all but this book does a great job spelling out how much danger we keep in our pockets all the time- what the tech world can do is astounding and these brave journalists spell it out in a way even ordinary people can understand. The last few lines of the epilogue still have me slightly freaked out. Great read, important read.
teachinsci's review
4.0
Pegasus, by Laurent Richard & Sandine Riguad, tells the tale of researching and publishing a series of articles about a hack of cell phones. It was also the scariest non-fiction book I have read since Hot Zone.
The book starts off simply enough explaining how the authors were first introduced to the world of Pegasus and what the puritan was believed to do. Then, for the next 26 chapters, the story weaves together the history of the journalists programmers, and editors involved in bringing the truth about Pegasus to light.
I had honestly heard only a small amount of this previously and quieted hope something that SHOULD have been a huge news story could have made as little impact as it has to this point. In listening, I found it was because numbers with American country codes were not supposed to be subject to infection by the spyware that makes up Pegasus. That being said, there were a couple of times when the authors seemed to indicate that American numbers had been compromised as well as those of people world-wide. This infected range from politicians, to journalists, to family and friends of those so some governments thought needed a closer watch.
This book is definitely worth reading and the audiobook (which switches from make to female narrator just as the book itself does) is a wonderful way to experience this story of the century.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy of this audiobook.
#Pegasus #netgalley
The book starts off simply enough explaining how the authors were first introduced to the world of Pegasus and what the puritan was believed to do. Then, for the next 26 chapters, the story weaves together the history of the journalists programmers, and editors involved in bringing the truth about Pegasus to light.
I had honestly heard only a small amount of this previously and quieted hope something that SHOULD have been a huge news story could have made as little impact as it has to this point. In listening, I found it was because numbers with American country codes were not supposed to be subject to infection by the spyware that makes up Pegasus. That being said, there were a couple of times when the authors seemed to indicate that American numbers had been compromised as well as those of people world-wide. This infected range from politicians, to journalists, to family and friends of those so some governments thought needed a closer watch.
This book is definitely worth reading and the audiobook (which switches from make to female narrator just as the book itself does) is a wonderful way to experience this story of the century.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy of this audiobook.
#Pegasus #netgalley
caffeinated_gills's review
adventurous
dark
informative
slow-paced
3.5
I enjoyed the descriptions of the journalistic process. It gave an interesting lens into the complexities of such a complex investigation, and reminds me a lot of the complexities of working in large academic groups. Most of the details of the Pegasus malware and its aftermath is already well publicized, so I learned a lot more about journalistic practice and building trust rather than pegasus itself or spyware tools targeting journalists and political dissidents.
meggits's review
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Knowing is so important. This books shares a complex issue in a way that is easy to understand.
benababy85's review
Interesting premise but just felt it added a lot of information that was not needed. Still amazing work by some brave journalists