Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

Steven Levy

Apr 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Rich Miller

About this audiobook

If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy-the author who made "hackers" a household word-comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the twenty-first century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels"-nerds and visionaries turned freedom fighters-teamed up with corporate interests to beat Big Brother and ensure our privacy on the Internet. Levy's history of one of the most controversial and important topics of the digital age sounds like the best futuristic fiction.

About the author

Steven Levy is Wired's editor at large. His previous positions include founder of Backchannel and chief technology writer and senior editor for Newsweek. Levy has also won several awards during his thirty-plus years of writing about technology, including for his books Hackers and Crypto.

Rich Miller has performed onstage in everything from Shakespeare to Damn Yankees to August: Osage County. He also starred in the indie feature Ocatilla Flat.