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Crypto

Steven Levy

2001356 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2001
first published
  • 2001Penguin Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9780141884844
  • 2001Penguin Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9780141884851
  • 2001Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780786502561
  • 2001Penguin Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780786521951
  • 2001Viking · 356 pages · ENGISBN 9780670859504
  • 2004Diane Pub Co · 356 pages · ENGISBN 9780756777883
  • 2002Penguin (Non-Classics) · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9780140244328
  • 2003Diane Pub Co · 356 pages · ENGISBN 9780756757748

From the author who made "hacker" a household word comes a groundbreaking book about the most hotly debated subject of the digital age. *Crypto* concerns privacy in the information age and about the nerds and visionaries who, nearly 20 years ago, predicted that the Internet's greatest virtue--free access to information--was also its most perilous drawback: a possible end to privacy.

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