Has George Orwell's prophecy and “Big Brother is watching you” come true? What do intelligence agencies know about you, and how do they obtain this information? Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan talked with dozens of specialists, analyzed hundreds of documents and concluded: the authorities not only want to know everything about everyone, but are also trying to maintain a monopoly on the dissemination of information. The book shows that despite all the efforts of censors, the Internet remains a technology that cannot yet be brought under complete control.