Reviews

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

kds's review

Voice not my style

fkshg8465's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

I think I may have loved this book partially because of my day job (cyber security). Even though the book itself is not so much about computer hacking as it is the hacker’s mindset and the social, technological, legal, and human constraints and environments that make people, systems, and laws hackable, it was thoroughly enjoyable because it challenged me to look at the works differently. This book is especially important with emerging technologies and the digital ethics that must be but are but often enough considered when innovation is at work. It also points out another reason why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, why the equity gap between the privileged and disadvantaged keeps growing, and why social and economical injustice will persist. I feel like I just sat in his class essentially, for free (he teaches at Harvard).

litwtchreads's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0