Crypto - Secrecy and Privacy in the New Cold War (Paperback, New edition)

Cryptography, the use of codes and ciphers, is of huge importance today: codes are essential to the secure use of the internet, mobile phones and all kinds of electronic transactions (credit cards etc). Crypto traces the devlopment of the mathematical science of cryptography, and describes the conflicts that have developed between those who want to keep codes weak - basically government agencies, who want the option of peeking in - and those hackers outside government who want strong code available to all, to protect privacy. Afterall, if privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Press Science S.
Release date:	2002
First published:	December 2001
Authors:	Steven Levy
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	368
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-024432-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Coding theory & cryptology Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General
LSN:	0-14-024432-8
Barcode:	9780140244328

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