I hope that this book is as much fun to read as it was to research and write. My goal was to cover all the major topics surrounding computer security: hackers, viruses, and the rapid erosion of personal privacy. These are fascinating subjects. You feel as if you’re watching a great game that might take decades to finish, if it is ever truly finished. A clever hacker scores a point by breaching security, then the other side (the government or some other member of the anti-hacker team) scores by nabbing the hacker, then another hacker steps up to bat with a new tactic, and so on. Back.
