| Portion of title |
How the powerful bend society's rules, and how to bend them back |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part 1: Hacking 101. What is hacking? -- Hacking systems -- What is a system? -- The hacking life cycle -- The ubiquity of hacking -- Part 2: Basic hacks and defenses. ATM hacks -- Casino hacks -- Airline frequent-flier hacks -- Sports hacks -- Defending against hacks -- More subtle hacking defenses -- Removing potential hacks in the design phase -- The economics of defense -- Resilience -- Part 3: Hacking financial systems. Hacking heaven -- Hacking banking -- Hacking financial exchanges -- Hacking computerized financial exchanges -- Luxury real estate -- Societal hacks are often normalized -- Hacking the market -- "Too big to fail" -- Venture capital and private equity -- Hacking and wealth -- Part 4: Hacking legal systems. Hacking laws -- Legal loopholes -- Hacking bureaucracy -- Hacking and power -- Undermining regulations -- Jurisdictional interactions -- Administrative burdens -- Hacking common law -- Hacking as evolution -- Part 5: Hacking political systems. Hidden provisions in legislation -- Must-pass legislation -- Delegating and delaying legislation -- The context of a hack -- Hacking voting eligibility -- Other election hacks -- Money in politics -- Hacking to destruction -- Part 6: Hacking cognitive systems. Cognitive hacks -- Attention and addiction -- Persuasion -- Trust and authority -- Fear and risk -- Defending against cognitive hacks -- A hierarchy of hacking -- Part 7: Hacking AI systems. Artificial intelligence and robotics -- Hacking AI -- The explainability problem -- Humanizing AI -- AI and robots hacking us -- Computers and AI are accelerating societal hacking -- When AIs become hackers -- Reward hacking -- Defending against AI hackers -- A future of AI hackers -- Governance systems for hacking -- Concluding thoughts. |
| Abstract |
It's not just computers--hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author Bruce Schneier reveals how using a hacker's mindset can change how you think about your life and the world. |
| Abstract |
"It’s not just computers—hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author Bruce Schneier reveals how using a hacker’s mindset can change how you think about your life and the world. A hack is any means of subverting a system’s rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn’t computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call them 'loopholes.' We call exploits 'tax avoidance strategies.' And there is an entire industry of 'black hat' hackers intent on finding exploitable loopholes in the tax code. We call them accountants and tax attorneys. In A Hacker’s Mind, Bruce Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. He reveals an array of powerful actors whose hacks bend our economic, political, and legal systems to their advantage, at the expense of everyone else. Once you learn how to notice hacks, you’ll start seeing them everywhere—and you’ll never look at the world the same way again. Almost all systems have loopholes, and this is by design. Because if you can take advantage of them, the rules no longer apply to you. Unchecked, these hacks threaten to upend our financial markets, weaken our democracy, and even affect the way we think. And when artificial intelligence starts thinking like a hacker—at inhuman speed and scale—the results could be catastrophic. But for those who would don the “white hat,” we can understand the hacking mindset and rebuild our economic, political, and legal systems to counter those who would exploit our society. And we can harness artificial intelligence to improve existing systems, predict and defend against hacks, and realize a more equitable world." -- description from publisher's website. https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393866667 |
| Abstract |
It's not just computers: hacking is everywhere. A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our society: from tax laws to financial markets to politics. If you can take advantage of loopholes-- hacks-- the rules no longer apply to you. Once you learn how to notice hacks, you'll start seeing them everywhere-- and you'll never look at the world the same way again. - adapted from jacket |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780393866674 |
| ISBN | 9780393866667 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0393866661 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic publication) |
