Very interesting indeed. I wonder if the author is pseudonymous? A cursory internet search shows that "Rashid al-Din Sinan" is the name of a historical figure from the 12th century, "a leader of the Syrian branch of the Nizari Ismaili state (the Assassins or Al-Hashshashin), and a figure in the history of the Crusades." He died in Masyaf, Syria, which is where the author of the book review claims to be from. The author's institutional affiliation, "Al-Hashshashin" also appears to be a reference to the same historical figure.
On 11/28/17 7:35 AM, Lilian Myers wrote: > Might be of interest to the list: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__computationalculture.net_poisoned-2Dfruit-2Dbooby-2Dtrapped-2Dprivacy-2Dguides-2Das-2Dstate-2Dsponsored-2Dpropaganda-2Da-2Dcase-2Dstudy-2Dof-2Dobfuscation_&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=h7KeVKL7ZUFT7MiH6BwFag&m=iB_90DOce-19OMAU9lRudpNypkfZfRqF0cz_l63EtYM&s=ZMri3SVXYtIwB_Lx81-i38-6tSdLULAgIdXdg04JYk4&e= > > A review of Brunton and Nissenbaum's Obfuscation text pointing out > potential funding bias and making the claim that the book actually > supports mass surveillance and provides 'crippled' privacy guidelines. -- Nathalie Maréchal Doctoral Candidate & Oakley Endowed Fellow Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California marec...@usc.edu | @MarechalUSC | www.nathaliemarechal.net PGP Fingerprint - EB43 3CE8 A759 5419 52C0 2FF1 B721 C0BF 0F43 0663
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