Force Multiplier

Little Brother #2.75

by Cory Doctorow

Short story set in the Little Brother series. Published as part of the Attack Surface Kickstarter project.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook

ebook

First published October 13, 2020

About the author

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger — the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the YA graphic novel In Real Life, the nonfiction business book Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free, and young adult novels like Homeland, Pirate Cinema, and Little Brother and novels for adults like Rapture Of The Nerds and Makers. He is a Fellow for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

[Lis Carey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short story in the Little Brother series, initially published as part of the Kickstarter for the new novel, Attack Surface, i.e., Little Brother #3.

Marcus is contacted by an old friend who is trying to dig herself out of a truly horrendous proplem: a doxxing and cyberbullying campaign by a man she dated briefly. Repeated attempts to regain control of her devices and accounts have failed or quickly been overcome; her enemy seems to have more information about her than she has about herself.

She's turned to Marcus because he's the one person she trusts who might be able to figure out what's going on.

It's nicely done, and of course, points out just how vulnerable we are to even measures intended to make our information more secure. You will be a bit more worried at the end!

Recommended.

I received both the ebook and audiobook editions of this story as part of backing the Kickstarter for the audiobook edition of Attack Surface, and am revieiwing it voluntarily.

[Bill Rand · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great look into how privacy regulations can backfire on us.

[Benjamin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most Doctrowest. Funny and informative.

[Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic short book building on the world of Attack Surface.

[MH · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice little tech-focused short. Not stunning, but definitely didn't suck.

[Rubi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was ok....really just about Marcus helping out Van after her not speaking to him in ages. Masha helps out and Van gets payback from her Stalker. Hope he gets put away, at least by his mother lol

[Juni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook

An interesting aspect of privacy laws I was not aware of.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

A thinly fictionalized lecture on cybersecurity and the holes unpatched (or created by) laws related to it. If you don't already know the Little Brother stories it's even less entertaining.

[Ingo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this with a Kickstarter Project for Attack Surface from the author.
Also received the audiobook as MP3.
No DRM.
Nice short read. Recommended.

[Filipe · Rating 3 out of 5]

video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fHcF...

[Maria Longley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A novella from the Little Brother universe. Familiar faces pop up and Marcus is on the case to try and help Van out with a crazy doxxing case. Techy, interesting, and short.