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The Digital Silk Road: China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future by Jonathan E. Hillman
irwine's review against another edition
Took me forever (thought I was gonna write a paper related to this book’s topic then didn’t) but I finished! Hard to give it an overall rating but I’ll say, much to think/worry about but good to see there’s someone talking about possible avenues for infrastructural challenges and geopolitical issues for the coming years.
chippywatts's review
Well researched. Well written and clear message but just tedious
janinevduijn's review
informative
1.0
Badly written and very US-biased. The information is somewhat interesting but delivered in such a scaterred fashion I found it difficult to focus.
Don't get me wrong, how China is using personal data is very concerning, but having the USA monopolize this field is not much better (although admittedly somewhat). Apart from a few sentences on GDPR and scandals between the US and EU, the author completely fails to recognise this in this book. An instance of the pot calling the kettle black.
Don't get me wrong, how China is using personal data is very concerning, but having the USA monopolize this field is not much better (although admittedly somewhat). Apart from a few sentences on GDPR and scandals between the US and EU, the author completely fails to recognise this in this book. An instance of the pot calling the kettle black.
benrogerswpg's review
4.0
Scarier Than A Jack Ketchum Book
I found this a very scary book.
Some really concerning parts about Huawei and Hikvision.
I would recommend this as a very important national security read for those cybersecurity-minded.
This book got me very paranoid about all the facial recognition tracking that is likely going on in our own cities here in the West, and sending it back home to China.
4.6/5
I found this a very scary book.
Some really concerning parts about Huawei and Hikvision.
I would recommend this as a very important national security read for those cybersecurity-minded.
This book got me very paranoid about all the facial recognition tracking that is likely going on in our own cities here in the West, and sending it back home to China.
4.6/5
lakecake's review
2.0
I won a copy of this book through Goodreads Giveaways and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book is full of interesting information but it’s almost too full if it and it’s really hard to get through. It’s also really high level—there’s not much for the average person here because all of the decisions are really made at the nation level.
This book is full of interesting information but it’s almost too full if it and it’s really hard to get through. It’s also really high level—there’s not much for the average person here because all of the decisions are really made at the nation level.