This Machine Kills Secrets: How Wikileakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information

by Andy Greenberg

Book Overview

At last, the first full account of the cypherpunks who aim to free the world's institutional secrets, by Forbes journalist Andy Greenberg who has traced their shadowy history from the cryptography revolution of the 1970s to Wikileaks founding hacker Julian Assange, Anonymous, and beyond. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525953205
• ISBN13: 9780525953203
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"