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Nella severissima Chavez High School, a San Francisco, il preside ha Installato un sistema ultramoderno per monitorare le attività degli studenti minuto per minuto. Ma uscire dalla scuola senza permesso non è mai stato un problema per Marcus, noto sul web come "w1n5tOn": lui conosce tutti i segreti della rete ed è in grado di neutralizzare qualsiasi dispositivo di sorveglianza. E mentre i compagni rimangono a scuola, Marcus e i suoi amici Darryl, Vanessa e Jolu si divertono per le strade della città, All'improvviso una terribile esplosione: il più efferato attacco terroristico della storia distrugge il centro di San Francisco, e i quattro, al posto sbagliato nel momento sbagliato, vengono arrestati perché ritenuti coinvolti nella strage. Chiusi in carcere senza alcun processo e torturati perché confessino, i ragazzi sperimentano sulla loro pelle la violenza e la crudeltà della polizia. Grazie a una console modificata per eludere i controlli del governo, una volta libero wln5t0n darà vita a una comunità di ribelli non violenti, intenzionati a combattere e arginare lo strapotere del Dipartimento di Pubblica Sicurezza. Perché, per chi odia la guerra e la violenza, la tecnologia e l'informatica sono le uniche armi vincenti.
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Fiction, Computer hackers, Civil rights, Terrorism, Juvenile fiction, United States, Counterculture, United States. Dept. of Homeland Security, Young adult fiction, United States. Dept. of Homeland and Security, Countercult, Juvenile literature, United States. Department of Homeland Security, Hackers, Children's fiction, Terrorism, fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Computer crimes, Totalitarisme, Internet, Romans en novellen ; vertaald, nyt:paperback-books=2010-06-13, New York Times bestseller, United states. department of homeland security, United states. dept. of homeland security, Terrorism--juvenile fiction, Hackers--juvenile fiction, Civil rights--juvenile fiction, Counterculture--juvenile fiction, Terrorism--fiction, Computer hackers--fiction, Civil rights--fiction, Counterculture--fiction, Civil rights--united states--juvenile fiction, Pz7.d66237 lit 2008, Ps3604.o27 l58 2008, [fic], Ciencia ficción, hackers, vigilancia, NSA, Civil disobedience, Electronic surveillance, Piratas informáticos, Wiretapping, Desobediencia civil, Terrorismo, Ficción, Derechos civilesPeople
cory doctorow, Marcus YallowPlaces
San Francisco (Calif.), San FranciscoTimes
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Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time during a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. They are held be the Department of Homland Security for days before being release only to discover that their city has turned into surveillance society police state. They decide to resist in the only way they know how by taking on the DHS.
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