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  • Intercept

  • The Secret History of Computers and Spies
  • By: Gordon Corera
  • Narrated by: Gordon Corera
  • Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (53 ratings)

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Summary

The computer was born to spy and now computers are transforming espionage. But who are the spies and who is being spied on in today's interconnected world?

This is the exhilarating secret history of the melding of technology and espionage. Gordon Corera's compelling narrative, rich with historical details and characters, takes us from the Second World War to the internet age, revealing the astonishing extent of cyberespionage carried out today.

Drawing on unique access to intelligence agencies, heads of state, hackers and spies of all stripes, Intercept is a ground-breaking exploration of the new space in which the worlds of espionage, geopolitics, diplomacy, international business, science and technology collide. Together, computers and spies are shaping the future.

What was once the preserve of a few intelligence agencies now matters for us all.

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©2021 Gordon Corera (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group
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Knowledgeable and objective account

Gordon Corera clearly knows what he's talking about and this book is well researched. If it wasn't for the fact that it sounds like he is reading this in a police interview room, it would be 5 stars. Poor production values (which are so easy to get right) let it down.

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worth a listen

I found it informative and interesting. it gives a good overview of what's happening in cyberspace

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accurate

very interesting and tallies up disparate things ive known about some of the dark arts.

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Excellent review of capabilities and the moral question

Great book, well read and nicely referenced and informed. Little bias or opinion.
Important reminder of the capability and miss use of it my the ruling elite be they left or right

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