Cult of the Dead Cow : How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World - Joseph Menn

Cult of the Dead Cow

How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

By: Joseph Menn

Paperback | 19 December 2019 | Edition Number 1

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The fast-paced, riveting story of the hacking collective that is using technology as a force for good, and fighting back against corporations and countries that are going after our freedom, privacy, even our democracy.

The Cult of the Dead Cow is the story of the oldest, most respected and most famous hacking group of all time. Its members invented the the concept of hacktivism, released both the top tool for cracking passwords and the reigning technique for controlling computers from afar, and spurred development of Snowden's anonymity tool of choice. With its origins in the earliest days of the Internet, the cDc is full of oddball characters--spies, activists, musicians, and politicians--who are now woven into the top ranks of the American establishment.

Today, this small group and their followers represent the best hope for making technology a force for good instead of for surveillance and oppression. Like a modern (and real) illuminati, cDc members have had the ears of presidents, secretaries of defense, and the CEO of Google. The Cult of the Dead Cow shows how we got into the mess we find ourselves in today, where governments and corporations hold immense power over individuals, and and how we are finally fighting back.

About the Author

Joseph Menn covers cyber-security and other technology issues for Reuters. Before that he was technology reporter for the Financial Times, after a decade on the same beat for the Los Angeles Times. He is the author two books, Fatal System Error and All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster and a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award, the top prize in business reporting.

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