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  • Cult of the Dead Cow

  • How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
  • Auteur(s): Joseph Menn
  • Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis
  • Durée: 8 h et 11 min
  • 4,2 out of 5 stars (22 évaluations)

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Cult of the Dead Cow

Auteur(s): Joseph Menn
Narrateur(s): Jonathan Davis
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The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom - even democracy itself...

Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its members invented the concept of hacktivism, released the top tool for testing password security, and created what was for years the best technique for controlling computers from afar, forcing giant companies to work harder to protect customers. They contributed to the development of Tor, the most important privacy tool on the net, and helped build cyberweapons that advanced US security without injuring anyone.

With its origins in the earliest days of the Internet, the cDc is full of oddball characters - activists, artists, even future politicians. Many of these hackers have become top executives and advisors walking the corridors of power in Washington and Silicon Valley. The most famous is former Texas Congressman and current presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke, whose time in the cDc set him up to found a tech business, launch an alternative publication in El Paso, and make long-shot bets on unconventional campaigns.

Today, the group and its followers are battling electoral misinformation, making personal data safer, and battling to keep technology a force for good instead of for surveillance and oppression. Cult of the Dead Cow shows how governments, corporations, and criminals came to hold immense power over individuals and how we can fight back against them.

©2019 Joseph Menn (P)2019 PublicAffairs

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"Long before there was a multi-billion dollar cyber industry, there were some ethical hackers who showed us that the Silicon Valley emperors had no clothes. They looked like misfits, but they showed us how insecure the Internet was and how to make it better. Joe Menn makes this previously untold story entertaining and relevant to today's cyber threats." (Richard A. Clarke, first White House "Cyber Czar")

"Cult of the Dead Cow reveals a story few know about the origins of white hat hacking and the heroes it celebrates. Despite the title, hacking isn't dead yet!" (Vint Cerf, co-inventor of the internet)

"Cult of the Dead Cow is an exhilarating and essential look into a part of the hacker underground that has shaped the modern world in profound ways. Readers will be amazed by this crew of eccentric, impassioned geniuses who have so often served as the Internet's conscience while lurking unknown in the shadows. The depth of Joe Menn's reporting is as astonishing as his storytelling - no one could have captured this tale better." (Ashlee Vance, author of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future)

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Hard to get into

Unlike the other infosec books on Audible, this one has been a chore to get into. Perhaps the rather monotone delivery of the narrator or the plethora of different characters to follow, just feels like listing to someone reading an entire section of Wikipedia.

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An Hacktivist Coming of Age Story

I understand others trouble getting into it. At first it seems like there will be a cast of characters as big as War and Peace. But the important ones keep coming back. And it's interesting to see as hacking grows up online who grows up with it and who doesn't - or, who just disappears. In a while I might just go through this book again.

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Things you thought you knew, you were wrong about.

enjoyed the history of cDc, interesting personalities and story's of the early years of hacking and the net.

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Boring

By throwing around a lot of uninteresting facts and reading very fast it is a frustrating experience.

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