Last week, a friend of mine happened to lend me the book "Inside Wikileaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website". It is written by a person who worked very closely with Julian Assange, the man potrayed at times as being mystical being and at times as a laschivous wominzer.
The book however is more of a timeline of what the Wikileaks did for a 2 year period and less of a biography of the founder. Of course, there is a lot of details on how Julian managed to win support, of how the Wikileaks found funding and the way in which they moved to Ireland. However, if you are looking for a book on the technical nitty-gritties of how this so called unbreakable website was built then, you will be left a bit sad. There are glipmses of how the site was setup and a bit on how the encrypted data was handled. However, that's about it. There is no clear mention on how the hosting was procured and how the sensitive information was backed up and distribited to ensure it can survive the forced shut-down in any one geography.
I liked the easy flow of the story. It has been translated from German but, I never felt that it was so. The story-telling mode of narration is nice to follow and visualize.
All in a all, a book worth reading to get a glimpse into the people who built a site that scared the governments and intelligence organizations of the world. Read it for the details on the mentality of heackers and power of groups rather than to get details on Julian or the tecnology behind Wikileaks.
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The book however is more of a timeline of what the Wikileaks did for a 2 year period and less of a biography of the founder. Of course, there is a lot of details on how Julian managed to win support, of how the Wikileaks found funding and the way in which they moved to Ireland. However, if you are looking for a book on the technical nitty-gritties of how this so called unbreakable website was built then, you will be left a bit sad. There are glipmses of how the site was setup and a bit on how the encrypted data was handled. However, that's about it. There is no clear mention on how the hosting was procured and how the sensitive information was backed up and distribited to ensure it can survive the forced shut-down in any one geography.
I liked the easy flow of the story. It has been translated from German but, I never felt that it was so. The story-telling mode of narration is nice to follow and visualize.
All in a all, a book worth reading to get a glimpse into the people who built a site that scared the governments and intelligence organizations of the world. Read it for the details on the mentality of heackers and power of groups rather than to get details on Julian or the tecnology behind Wikileaks.
Price comparison from Indian sites
