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A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back by Bruce Schneier
thayerbowen's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the anecdotes but even as someone who has been out of IT security for over 20 years, a lot of this is elementary. There's a lot about the dangers of AI but again it's stuff I've already read. It's a shame because I've heard Schneier speak and he's a great speaker who is very informative. I'm probably not the correct audience.
chaosmavin's review against another edition
4.0
OK technically I listen to this book but they did not have an audiobook edition. Since it was an audiobook let's get out of the way it's read very well by the narrator. Now I picked up this book because it was going to help me think like a hacker... Maybe some inside tips… Backdoor strategies… Instead the book essentially is about how the one percent and their government elected cronies have been basically hacking the system to keep the rest of us in the down unders… Not to be confused with the upside down #strangerThings. I think the book is worth three but it's gonna piss you off… Unless you are one of the 1% taking advantage of the rest of us. I don't know that it was anything that was shocking but it was like more a oh here's the actual proof that everything I thought about the 1% in the electeds in power is on the nose! If you're somehow brainwashed and think that really rich people deserve what they have you should probably read this book… You should also probably read this book if you think somehow you're going to be one of those really rich people… Because we don't read the book and learn how they're taking advantage of the system of the time to be those rich people you're definitely not going to be one of those rich people.
drillvoice's review
4.0
An enjoyable read. There is some theoretical discussion about what a hack actually is, and who benefits from hacks etc, sort of the sociology of hacks. But almost every chapter is just a different list of hacks grouped by subject. Enjoyable stuff and an interesting way of looking at the world.
wittenberg's review
2.0
Too long for what it says; should have been an essay.
The first half basically tells the Golden Rule: "He who has the gold makes the rules".
The second half is better, and the last section on AI is interesting.
Skip the first half, read the second.
The first half basically tells the Golden Rule: "He who has the gold makes the rules".
The second half is better, and the last section on AI is interesting.
Skip the first half, read the second.
savoirplus's review
2.0
Only Parts 2 & 7 are really worth reading, “Basic Hacks & Defenses” and “Hacking AI Systems”, respectively.
fionak's review
2.0
Intermittently interesting but mostly repetitive. I skim read most of the book and I’m pretty sure all the interesting bits amount to less than 20 pages.