The Dark Net

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The Dark Net

By: Jamie Bartlett

Narrated by: Matt Bates

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About this listen

The Dark Net is not a separate realm but one that stretches from popular social media sites to the most secretive corners of the deep web. It is a world that is rarely out of the news but one that is little understood - and almost never explored. In The Dark Net, Jamie Bartlett presents a revelatory portrait of the Internet's strangest subcultures: of trolls, drug dealers, hackers and political extremists.

Jamie BartlettMatt BatesW. F. Howes Ltd

Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions

Organized Crime

True Crime

Crime

Computer Security

Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Organized Crime True Crime Crime Computer Security

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Not really - for a book entitled "The Dark Net" it has a surprisingly loose grip on the topic. It is mostly a book of case studies/scenarios which start on the dark net and then rapidly drift off topic.

The first 1hr 20mins talks about the origins of the dark net in what could have been condensed into about 10 minutes.

Chapter 4 is 5 minutes on the dark web, and 42minutes on a case study of a sex offender with no further reference to the dark web.

Some of the content is interesting and makes you question things, but it is off topic from what you expect from the book.

If you’ve listened to books by Jamie Bartlett before, how does this one compare?

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Have you listened to any of Matt Bates’s other performances? How does this one compare?

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Could you see The Dark Net being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No