Full name: Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

Author: Steven Levy Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780140244328 0140244328

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. Similar books: Code Breaking by Rudolph Kippenhahn Practical Cryptography by Niels Ferguson The Codebreakers by David Kahn Codes, Ciphers & Other Cryptic and Clandestine Communication by Fred B. Wrixon Cryptography Engineering by Niels Ferguson The Code Book by Simon Singh Decrypted Secrets by Friedrich L. Bauer Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier Secrets and Lies by Bruce Schneier