{"product_id":"this-machine-kills-secrets-isbn-9780142180495","title":"This Machine Kills Secrets","description":"\u003cb\u003eWho Are The Cypherpunks?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis is the unauthorized telling of the revolutionary cryptography story behind the motion picture \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Estate \u003c\/i\u003ein theatres this October, and \u003ci\u003eWe Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks\u003c\/i\u003e, a documentary out now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWikiLeaks 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbes \u003c\/i\u003ejournalist Andy Greenberg has traced its shadowy history from the cryptography revolution of the 1970s to Wikileaks founding hacker Julian Assange, Anonymous, and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Verge\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Top Ten Greatest Tech Books of All Time\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eSLATE \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003ePUBLISHER’S WEEKLY \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eNEW SCIENTIST \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"…fascinating and well-researched.\" —\u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eCLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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.\" —\u003ci\u003ePAPER MAGAZINE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A series of moving and deeply complex portraits… In all, Greenberg has created a seriously riveting read.\" —\u003ci\u003eCAPITAL NEW YORK \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping… For all the technical detail (which Greenberg excels at explaining), this book is still about human feats and failings, idealism, trust and betrayal.\" —\u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003eANDY GREENBERG is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, focusing on technology, information security and digital civil liberties. 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