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Listopia > Tim's votes on the list Non-Computer books for Computer Security Gurus (18 Books)
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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
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"An expert "reader of men" and social engineer, Lyndon Johnson hacked into every system he encountered."
Tim
rated it 5 stars
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Seizing The Enigma: The Race To Break The German U-boat Codes, 1939-1943
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"No computers involved, just crypto, forced plaintext, and something called a bombe."
Tim
rated it 4 stars
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You Can't Win
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"Book describes some inventive ways to bypass security of Safes, Trains, Jails, and wallets."
Tim
rated it 4 stars
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
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Steal This Book
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"hacks might be dated but the attitude is still valuable"
Tim
rated it 3 stars
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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"looked at a different way, this is a tale of hacking. Cancer hacks our bodies defenses. Scientists hack cancer's defenses."
Tim
rated it 4 stars
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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
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Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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"Malfoy's attempts to bypass security at Hogwarts was mentioned on more than one Security blog at the time."
Tim
rated it 4 stars
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No Tech Hacking: A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving, and Shoulder Surfing
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"After hundreds of jobs, they have discovered the secrets to bypassing every conceivable high-tech security system. This book reveals those secrets; as the title suggests, it has nothing to do with high technology. "
Tim
added it to to-read
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
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To Mock a Mocking Bird: Including an Amazing Adventure in Combinatory Logic
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
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The Broken Seal: The Story of Operation Magic and the Pearl Harbor Disaster.
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The OSSI Model - The Gannon Transcripts
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