Cypherpunks : freedom and the future of the internet

Cypherpunks : freedom and the future of the internet / Julian Assange; with Jacob Appelbaum, Andy Müller-Maguhn, and Jérémie Zimmermann.

Cypherpunks are activists who advocate the mass use of strong cryptography as a way protecting our basic freedoms against this onslaught. Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of and visionary behind WikiLeaks, has been a leading voice in the cypherpunk movement since the 1990s. Now, in a timely and i...

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Main Author: Assange, Julian
Other Authors: Appelbaum, Jacob, Müller-Maguhn, Andy, Zimmermann, Jérémie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : OR Books, c2012.
Subjects:
WikiLeaks (Organization)
Internet > Political aspects.
Computer hackers > Political activity.
Secrecy.
Official secrets.
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet > Censorship.
Freedom of information.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a call to cryptographic arms
  • Discussion participants
  • Editor's note
  • Note on the various attempts to persecute WikiLeaks and people associated with it
  • Increased communication versus increased surveillance
  • The militarization of cyberspace
  • Fighting total surveillance with the laws of man
  • Private sector spying
  • Fighting total surveillance with the laws of physics
  • The Internet and politics
  • The Internet and economics
  • Censorship
  • Privacy for the weak, transparency for the powerful
  • Rats in the opera house
  • Endnotes.

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