Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker, teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother and Big Data.
Like it or not, your every move is being watched and analyzed. Consumer's identities are being stolen, and a person's every step is being tracked and stored. What once might have been dismissed as paranoia is now a hard truth, and privacy is a luxury few can afford or understand.
In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick illustrates what is happening without your knowledge--and he teaches you "the art of invisibility." Mitnick is the world's most famous--and formerly the Most Wanted--computer hacker. He has hacked into some of the country's most powerful and seemingly impenetrable agencies and companies, and at one point he was on a three-year run from the FBI.
Now, though, Mitnick is reformed and is widely regarded as the expert on the subject of computer security. He knows exactly how vulnerabilities can be exploited and just what to do to prevent that from happening.
In The Art of Invisibility Mitnick provides both online and real-life tactics and inexpensive methods to protect you and your family, in easy step-by-step instructions. He even talks about more advanced "elite" techniques, which, if used properly, can maximize your privacy. Invisibility isn't just for superheroes--privacy is a power you deserve and need in this modern age.
Currently reading Art of Deception and it's really good. It's about Social Engineering. It makes me believe that all books from Kevin Mitnick are must-reads.
Want to read Art of Intrustion next. Just saw there's another similar book about ~privacy: Art of Invisibility!
I've learned so much from Kevin over the years.
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And now that we know his secrets, is not invisible anymore... right.
I found these books about "how to disappear" like those scam pages selling books about "how to get rich staying at home" :)
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 23 Feb
Just because you know how a scheme works does not necessarily mean you can break it.
That's definitely true for cryptographic schemes and I think this concept can be applicable to stuff related to privacy, too.
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TLDR: Just don't use anymore internet, smartphones, new cars etc. Done. I just saved you some time and money.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 23 Feb
What if I am a very special person with very special needs?
couldn't even use bitcoin without internet
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You die. Simply as that. And is nothing to worry about that.
couldn't even use bitcoin without internet
Bitcoin will not solve your special needs. Bitcoin is just another escape valve... from many. Humanity evolved hundreds of years without Bitcoin and will still evolve. Bitcoin DOESN'T fix everything.
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Not entirely true, but it's probably just as likely to get you put on a "list" (like having Bitcoin, a VPN, or a SN account...)
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Bookmarked!
How often do you think about being able to disappear and stay off the radar like Jason Bourne? I love the idea of starting a game with friends (and unidentified strangers) where we have to escape and evade one another in a small town while also needing to capture a flag.
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This is a book you an learn a thing or two from. Especially for the less technical. Its approachable.
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i see. what other books do you recommend about these topics?
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Extreme Privacy is also good.
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The one by Michael Bazzell? I just googled and that's what came up.
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Extreme Privacy
I have that one on my list. A lot of people recommending it. I will get it soon.
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Thanks for the recommendation - ordered it from the library
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He can even whistle ICBM launch codes from a payphone.
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Mitnick served five years in prison—four-and-a-half years' pre-trial and eight months in solitary confinement, because, according to Mitnick, law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to "start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone",[33] implying that law enforcement told the judge that he could somehow dial into the NORAD modem via a payphone from prison and communicate with the modem by whistling to launch nuclear missiles.[34] In addition, a number of media outlets reported on the unavailability of kosher meals at the prison where he was incarcerated.[35]
I looked this up on wikipedia and...I had no idea he died. RIP Kevin David Mitnick (August 6, 1963 – July 16, 2023)
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Nice recommendation
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Nice book recommendation, thanks!
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I wonder if Elliot Alderson read this book
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110 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 23 Feb
I think in that universe Elliot was the author
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Haha yes!
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