1 option
This machine kills secrets : how WikiLeakers, cypherpunks, and hacktivists aim to free the world's information / Andy Greenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenberg, Andy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hackers--Political activity.
- Hackers.
- Secrecy.
- Official secrets.
- Whistle blowing.
- Computer crimes.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 370 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Dutton, September 2012, ©2012.
- Summary:
- An analysis of how "cypherpunk" innovators of the digital generation are safeguarding individual anonymity while sharing institutional secrets for public use chronicles the activities of such controversial figures as Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
- Contents:
- Part one: Leaker present, leaker past. The whistleblowers
- Part two: The evolution of leaking. The cryptographers ; The cypherpunks ; The onion routers
- Part three: The future of leaking. The plumbers ; The globalizers ; The engineers ; The machine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780525953203
- 0525953205
- OCLC:
- 731911680
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.