In this chapter, Marcus' dad goes crazy and Marcus must figure out just who he can trust. Trust seems to be a powerful word and you can trust people, but in a time when one questions everything, people you trust can be questioned, too. This part of the book started to make me think because it began to talk about technology that I had not ever thought about. It made me respect the type of people who’s brains work like this on a regular basis. Me, I have to think about this stuff and draw it on paper (which defeats the purpose of being all about computers) and I just can’t believe Marcus and his friends. They are so tech-savvy and smart! I thought it was absolutely GENIOUS that he and Jolu decided to throw a key-exchange web-of-trust party for a key-signing.
I thought it was neat that Marcus brings in the knowledge he has from his mom’s experiences to explain how things are different in Britain. He says the average Londoner is photographed five hundred times a day, just walking the streets. If you are remotely suspicious, anyone and everyone will snitch on you. So, for them, the surveillance is natural and second nature.
I think this chapter really makes me think about safety and being free and what my rights are and just how far behind the Constitution is with regards to the digital movement. I could not imagine something like this happening, but it seemed so real and possible in the book. And by that, I mean everything. The attack. The kids knowledge to take on the DHS. The hidden island. The massive amount of DHS workers. The piss-poor security. The "violation" of rights. The second-guessing of FREE. The jamming of a city. All of it.
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