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Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age Paperback - 2002

by Steven Levy

From the author who made "hacker" a household word comes a groundbreaking book about the most hotly debated subject of the digital age. "Crypto" concerns privacy in the information age and about the nerds and visionaries who, nearly 20 years ago, predicted that the Internet's greatest virtue--free access to information--was also its most perilous drawback: a possible end to privacy.


Summary

If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy—the author who made "hackers" a household word—comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the twenty-first century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels"—nerds and visionaries turned freedom fighters—teamed up with corporate interests to beat Big Brother and ensure our privacy on the Internet. Levy's history of one of the most controversial and important topics of the digital age reads like the best futuristic fiction.

From the publisher

Steven Levy is the author of Hackers, which has been in print for more than fifteen years, as well as Insanely Great: The Life & Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything. He is also Newsweek's chief technology writer and has been a contributing writer to Wired since its inception. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

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Mary Fisher loathed Whitfield Diffie on sight.

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  • Title Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
  • Author Steven Levy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date January 15, 2002
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780140244328 / 0140244328
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.96 x 5.4 x 0.84 in (20.22 x 13.72 x 2.13 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Computer security, Cryptography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00043809
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.8

Media reviews

"Gripping and illuminating." The Wall Street Journal

"A great David-and-Goliath story—humble hackers hoodwink sinister spooks." Time

Citations

  • Entertainment Weekly, 01/11/2002, Page 65

About the author

Steven Levy is the author of Hackers, which has been in print for more than fifteen years, as well as Insanely Great: The Life & Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything. He is also Newsweek's chief technology writer and has been a contributing writer to Wired since its inception. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.
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