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Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralised democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to "build out" democracy into cyberspace.

Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has - until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fianc? at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI.

"Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected. For decades, under cover of classification levels and non-disclosure agreements, the United States government became the world's dominant hoarder of zero days. U.S. government agents paid top dollar to hackers willing to sell their lock-picking code and their silence. Now those zero days are in the hands of hostile nations and mercenaries who do not care if your vote goes missing, your clean water is contaminated, or our nuclear plants melt down. [The author] lifts the curtain on a market in shadow, revealing the urgent threat faced by us all if we cannot bring the global cyber arms race to heel"--OCLC.

The Net Force is determined to prevent the Carpathian Alliance from stealing computer technology.

Provides information and advice about cyberspace research, discussing tools of the trade, cite right, right site, in addition to other related topics.

"Many Americans became aware of Russia's web brigades during the 2016 presidential election, during which allegations of Russian interference came to light. However, Russia's history of online meddling extends back to the early 2000s and far beyond just the United States. This volume explores the little known history of Russia's troll factories and the role they have played in various political movements and events, as well as the factors that enabled this interference and the possible means of combatting it"--Provided by publisher.

"Examines the role of social media and other forms of 'new media' in changing the face of modern warfare ... Explores the way social media has transformed the way that we fight, win, and consume wars, and what that means for the world going forward"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the security of cyberspace, discussing what exists now, how it is being improved, along with some of the challenges and possible solutions.

Provides information and advice about cyberspace research, discussing tools of the trade, cite right, right site, in addition to other related topics.

This timely guide reminds readers of their legal rights and responsibilities online. Reviewed by legal experts, it outlines the laws of cyberspace and some of the common activities and practices that can trip up young Web users. It also offers readers an overview of what to expect if they or someone they know gets into legal trouble, including what happens in court and what their rights are. Real-life events help explain what can happen when the law is disregarded. It also highlights some perhaps surprising legal parameters, in hopes of keeping readers mindful of safe, responsible, and legal Internet use.