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A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back

by Bruce Schneier

Other authors: Daniel Lagin (Cover designer)

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It's not just computers--hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author Bruce Schneier reveals how using a hacker's mindset can change how you think about your life and the world. It's not just computers: hacking is everywhere. A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. If you can take advantage of loopholes-- hacks-- the rules no longer apply to you. Once you learn how to notice hacks, you'll start seeing them everywhere-- and you'll never look at the world the same way again. - adapted from jacket… (more)
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"Hacking is parasitical, mostly performed by the rich and powerful, and it comes at the expense of everyone else" (p 105). Cybersecurity expert Schneier interestingly stresses that hacking is not confined to computer systems but exists wherever money or other advantage can be gained through sneakiness distinct from cheating and outright lawbreaking. After identifying some basic hacks (of ATMs, casinos, frequent-flier schemes, sports) and defenses against them, he focuses on numerous examples of system hacks in the realms of finance, law, politics, human cognition, and AI. Besides hacking *of* AIs, there will be hacking *by* AIs. "Unless we can hack the process of hacking itself, ..., we may struggle to survive this technological future" (p 252).
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It's not just computers--hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author Bruce Schneier reveals how using a hacker's mindset can change how you think about your life and the world. It's not just computers: hacking is everywhere. A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. If you can take advantage of loopholes-- hacks-- the rules no longer apply to you. Once you learn how to notice hacks, you'll start seeing them everywhere-- and you'll never look at the world the same way again. - adapted from jacket

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