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{{short description|Novel by Dan Brown}}
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{{Infobox book| 
| name          = Digital Fortress
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| image         = Image:DigitalFortress.jpg
| caption       = First edition cover
| author        = [[Dan Brown]]
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| country       = United States <br />United Kingdom
| language      = English
| series        = 
| genre         = [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]<br/> [[Techno-thriller]]
| publisher     = [[St. Martin's Press]]<br/> [[Transworld (company)|Transworld]] (United Kingdom)
| release_date  = 1998
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| media_type    = Print (hardback, paperback), [[audiobook]]
| isbn = 0-312-18087-X
| isbn_note = (first edition hardcover)
| oclc= 55045760
}}
'''''Digital Fortress''''' is a [[techno-thriller]] novel written by American author [[Dan Brown]] and published in 1998 by [[St. Martin's Press]]. The book explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens, and the possible [[civil liberties]] and ethical implications of using such technology.