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Title: Black Code

Subtitle: Surveillance, Privacy, and the Dark Side of the Internet (Expanded Edition)

Author: Ronald J. Deibert

Narrator: Ronald J. Deibert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Technology

Publisher's Summary:

Cyberspace is all around us. We depend on it for everything we do. We have reengineered our business, governance, and social relations around a planetary network unlike any before it. But there are dangers looming, and malign forces are threatening to transform this extraordinary domain.

In Black Code, Ronald J. Deibert, a leading expert on digital technology, security, and human rights, lifts the lid on cyberspace and shows what's at stake for Internet users and citizens. As cyberspace develops in unprecedented ways, powerful agents are scrambling for control. Predatory cyber-criminal gangs such as Koobface have made social media their stalking ground. The discovery of Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by Israel and the United States and aimed at Iran's nuclear facilities, showed that state cyberwar is now a very real possibility. Governments and corporations are in collusion and are setting the rules of the road behind closed doors.

This is not the way it was supposed to be. The Internet's original promise of a global commons of shared knowledge and communications is now under threat. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of one of the most important protagonists in the battle - the Citizen Lab and its global network of frontline researchers, who have spent more than a decade cracking cyber espionage rings and uncovering attacks on citizens and NGOs worldwide - Black Code takes listeners on a fascinating journey into the battle for cyberspace. Thought-provoking, compelling, and sometimes frightening, it is a wakeup call to citizens who have come to take the Internet for granted. Cyberspace is ours, it is what we make of it, Deibert argues, and we need to act now before it slips through our grasp.

Members Reviews:

A Timely Look at Privacy in a Connected World

The privacy vs security debate in cyberspace has quickly emerged at the forefront of political discussion. News feeds are constantly overwhelmed with headlines of new data breaches, acts of cyber espionage, and malware exploits every day. Clearly, appropriate and timely action must be taken, but what exactly does that entail and who are the key players in such a solution? Ronald Deibert attempts to answer this and many more questions in his latest book, Black Code.

Delivered like a novel or a great narrative at times, Black Code is a gripping page-turner that provides first and secondhand accounts on a wide variety of conflicts in cyberspace. China's cyber espionage of the exiled Tibetan government through the DarkComet RAT and koobface, the Russian-based botnet created for the sole purpose of enabling Facebook click fraud are both thoroughly reported. The diversity and quantity of major cyber events covered is significant and despite having read numerous books on the subject, I found myself learning a substantial amount.

Some of my discontent with Black Code has to do with the constant nods to The Citizen Lab. Given the author's affiliation, I'd consider this to be standard affair and not much of a detriment, but it occasionally gets noticeable enough to distract from the actual content. Also, I was somewhat put off by the constant aggression towards government officials throughout.