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.