Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 2001
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Cryptography is of huge importance today as codes are used for securing the Internet, mobile phones and electronic transactions. This book traces the development of this science and describes the conflicts between those that want to keep codes weak and those who want strong codes available to all.
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- Title
- Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
- Author
- Steven Levy
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140244328
- ISBN 13
- 9780140244328
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.
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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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