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Author Greenberg, Andy.

Title This machine kills secrets : how WikiLeakers, cypherpunks, and hacktivists aim to free the world's information / Andy Greenberg.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Dutton, September 2012, ©2012.

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 Moore Stacks  HV6773 .G74 2012    Available  ---
Description xiv, 370 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary An analysis of how "cypherpunk" innovators of the digital generation are safeguarding individual anonymity while sharing institutional secrets for public use chronicles the activities of such controversial figures as Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
Contents Part one: Leaker present, leaker past. The whistleblowers -- Part two: The evolution of leaking. The cryptographers ; The cypherpunks ; The onion routers -- Part three: The future of leaking. The plumbers ; The globalizers ; The engineers ; The machine.
Subject Hackers -- Political activity.
Hackers.
Political participation.
Secrecy.
Secrecy.
Official secrets.
Official secrets.
Whistle blowing.
Whistle blowing.
Computer crimes.
Computer crimes.
Secrecy.
ISBN 9780525953203 hardback
0525953205 hardback