A history of WikiLeaks and the cypherpunks movement it chronicles the development over time of the movement. It starts in the 70s to the development of cypherpunk and then gets into WikiLeaks and the current reissance of the WikiLeaks movement. It basically shows the acceleration the last few years of development in the anarchic utopia vision of the original cyberpunks. I enjoyed it as it provided a very journalistic assessment of the movement and where it is going. There’s a number of books out there about Julian Assange and Wikileaks, but I went with this one because – despite the subtitle (which I notice was changed to cash in on the Assange biopic film) – it’s not so much about Assange himself, which doesn’t really interest me, but rather the evolution of the culture of whistleblowing and the technology that has helped shape it. It starts with a fascinating contrast between Daniel Ellsberg (of Pentagon Papers fame) and Bradley Manning before digging into the origins of Wikileaks and the pioneers of the crypto/cipherpunk movement that developed the technology that made Wikileaks possible, particularly Tor. It may be too technical at times for some, but if you really want to get a handle on why people think anonymous leak sites are a necessity, and where all of this may be going, I’d recommend this.
Very cool look at Wiki-leaks good overview of the history of the movement
—kid_ari
Couldn't get past Chapter 1. Way too much whining and hand-wringing.
—jamiesharyne
I enjoyed it but wished Mr. Greenberg would have taken more risk.
—evi
This is one of the few books I had a hard time putting down.
—alyssadazzle187
this was an interesting profile of nerds being nerds
—nurse24
