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“Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, ...
Binding
Paperback
Book Title
This Machine Kills Secrets
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
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No
ISBN
9780142180495

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0142180491
ISBN-13
9780142180495
eBay Product ID (ePID)
167661340

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
400 Pages
Publication Name
This Machine Kills Secrets : Julian Assange, the Cypherpunks, and Their Fight to Empower Whistleblowers
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Security / Online Safety & Privacy, Security / General, History, Science & Technology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Andy Greenberg
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Computer hackers haven't been made into heroes like this since Stieg Larsson created Lisbeth Salander-and luckily Greenberg shares a bit of Larsson's flair for suspense, too." - SLATE Greenberg delves eloquently into the magicians of the all-powerful technology that shatters the confidentiality of any and all state secrets while tapping into issues of personal privacy. - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY While lawmakers and law enforcers struggle with the philosophy and practicality of these issues, the people Greenberg profiles have made up their minds, and they are a few steps ahead. If you're wondering who they are and why they feel so strongly, look no further than this book. - NEW SCIENTIST "…fascinating and well-researched." WALL STREET JOURNAL "Forbes magazine journalist Andy Greenberg takes readers on a terrific and revealing - if considerably unsettling - investigation into the shadowy war rooms behind our computer screens." CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER "A globe trotting exploration into the heart of the contentious world of brilliant, eccentric and erratic game changers who have taken the tools at hand and turned them into powerful weapons that can - and have in some cases - altered the course of history…Greenberg went looking for a story and nailed it." - PAPER MAGAZINE "A series of moving and deeply complex portraits… In all, Greenberg has created a seriously riveting read." - CAPITAL NEW YORK Gripping…For all the technical detail (which Greenberg excels at explaining), this book is still about human feats and failings, idealism, trust and betrayal. - IRISH TIMES, New York Times Editors' Choice "Greenberg is at his best when on the road - driving through a volcano-ridden Iceland, flying a decrepit Soviet plane with nine hackers, swimming in the Black Sea with fearless Bulgarian journalists. Even seasoned observers of WikiLeaks will find something new and interesting in this book."- Evgeny Morozov, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Computer hackers haven't been made into heroes like this since Stieg Larsson created Lisbeth Salander-and luckily Greenberg shares a bit of Larsson's flair for suspense, too." - SLATE Greenberg delves eloquently into the magicians of the all-powerful technology that shatters the confidentiality of any and all state secrets while tapping into issues of personal privacy. - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY While lawmakers and law enforcers struggle with the philosophy and practicality of these issues, the people Greenberg profiles have made up their minds, and they are a few steps ahead. If you're wondering who they are and why they feel so strongly, look no further than this book. - NEW SCIENTIST "…fascinating and well-researched." WALL STREET JOURNAL "Forbes magazine journalist Andy Greenberg takes readers on a terrific and revealing - if considerably unsettling - investigation into the shadowy war rooms behind our computer screens." CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER "A globe trotting exploration into the heart of the contentious world of brilliant, eccentric and erratic game changers who have taken the tools at hand and turned them into powerful weapons that can - and have in some cases - altered the course of history…Greenberg went looking for a story and nailed it." - PAPER MAGAZINE "A series of moving and deeply complex portraits… In all, Greenberg has created a seriously riveting read." - CAPITAL NEW YORK Gripping…For all the technical detail (which Greenberg excels at explaining), this book is still about human feats and failings, idealism, trust and betrayal. - IRISH TIMES, New York Times Editors' Choice One of The Verge 's "Top Ten Greatest Tech Books of All Time" "Greenberg is at his best when on the road -- driving through a volcano-ridden Iceland, flying a decrepit Soviet plane with nine hackers, swimming in the Black Sea with fearless Bulgarian journalists. Even seasoned observers of WikiLeaks will find something new and interesting in this book." --Evgeny Morozov, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Computer hackers haven't been made into heroes like this since Stieg Larsson created Lisbeth Salander--and luckily Greenberg shares a bit of Larsson's flair for suspense, too." -- SLATE "Greenberg delves eloquently into the magicians of the all-powerful technology that shatters the confidentiality of any and all state secrets while tapping into issues of personal privacy." -- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY "While lawmakers and law enforcers struggle with the philosophy and practicality of these issues, the people Greenberg profiles have made up their minds, and they are a few steps ahead. If you're wondering who they are and why they feel so strongly, look no further than this book." -- NEW SCIENTIST "...fascinating and well-researched." -- WALL STREET JOURNAL "Forbes magazine journalist Andy Greenberg takes readers on a terrific and revealing -- if considerably unsettling -- investigation into the shadowy war rooms behind our computer screens." -- CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER "A globe trotting exploration into the heart of the contentious world of brilliant, eccentric and erratic game changers who have taken the tools at hand and turned them into powerful weapons that can -- and have in some cases -- altered the course of history...Greenberg went looking for a story and nailed it." -- PAPER MAGAZINE "A series of moving and deeply complex portraits... In all, Greenberg has created a seriously riveting read." -- CAPITAL NEW YORK "Gripping... For all the technical detail (which Greenberg excels at explaining), this book is still about human feats and failings, idealism, trust and betrayal." -- IRISH TIMES
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Synopsis
Who Are The Cypherpunks? This is the unauthorized telling of the revolutionary cryptography story behind the motion picture The Fifth Estate in theatres this October, and We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks , a documentary out now. WikiLeaks brought to light a new form of whistleblowing, using powerful cryptographic code to hide leakers' identities while they spill the private data of government agencies and corporations. But that technology has been evolving for decades in the hands of hackers and radical activists, from the libertarian enclaves of Northern California to Berlin to the Balkans. And the secret-killing machine continues to evolve beyond WikiLeaks, as a movement of hacktivists aims to obliterate the world's institutional secrecy. Forbes journalist Andy Greenberg has traced its shadowy history from the cryptography revolution of the 1970s to Wikileaks founding hacker Julian Assange, Anonymous, and beyond. This is the story of the code and the characters--idealists, anarchists, extremists--who are transforming the next generation's notion of what activism can be. With unrivaled access to such major players as Julian Assange, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and WikiLeaks' shadowy engineer known as the Architect, never before interviewed, Greenberg unveils the world of politically-motivated hackers--who they are and how they operate., New York Times Editors' Choice "Greenberg is at his best when on the road -- driving through a volcano-ridden Iceland, flying a decrepit Soviet plane with nine hackers, swimming in the Black Sea with fearless Bulgarian journalists. Even seasoned observers of WikiLeaks will find something new and interesting in this book."-- Evgeny Morozov, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Computer hackers haven't been made into heroes like this since Stieg Larsson created Lisbeth Salander--and luckily Greenberg shares a bit of Larsson's flair for suspense, too. -- SLATE Greenberg delves eloquently into the magicians of the all-powerful technology that shatters the confidentiality of any and all state secrets while tapping into issues of personal privacy. -- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY While lawmakers and law enforcers struggle with the philosophy and practicality of these issues, the people Greenberg profiles have made up their minds, and they are a few steps ahead. If you're wondering who they are and why they feel so strongly, look no further than this book. -- NEW SCIENTIST "...fascinating and well-researched." - WALL STREET JOURNAL "Forbes magazine journalist Andy Greenberg takes readers on a terrific and revealing -- if considerably unsettling -- investigation into the shadowy war rooms behind our computer screens." - CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER A globe trotting exploration into the heart of the contentious world of brilliant, eccentric and erratic game changers who have taken the tools at hand and turned them into powerful weapons that can -- and have in some cases -- altered the course of history...Greenberg went looking for a story and nailed it. -- PAPER MAGAZINE A series of moving and deeply complex portraits... In all, Greenberg has created a seriously riveting read. -- CAPITAL NEW YORK Gripping...For all the technical detail (which Greenberg excels at explaining), this book is still about human feats and failings, idealism, trust and betrayal. -- IRISH TIMES

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