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This machine kills secretsAndy Greenberg
Mystery

This machine kills secrets

384 pagesFirst published 20125 editions
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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…

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Editions

5 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2012
    Dutton · 384 pages · 9780525953203
  • Paperback · English · 2012
    Ebury Press · 9780753540510
  • Other · English · 2013
    Penguin Publishing Group · 9780142180495
  • Other · English · 2012
    Ebury Publishing · 9780753548011
  • Other · English · 2012
    Dutton · 9780525952299
Computer hackersWhistleblowingOfficial secretsComputer crimesSecrecyPolitical activityWorld Wide WebHackers