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A nuts-and-bolts explanation of cryptography from a leading expert in information security.Despite its reputation as a language only of spies and hackers, cryptography plays a critical role in our everyday lives. Though often invisible, it underpins the security of our mobile phone calls, credit card payments, web searches, internet messaging, and cryptocurrencies?in short, everything we do online. Increasingly, it also runs in the background of our smart refrigerators, thermostats, electronic car keys, and even the cars themselves. As our daily devices get smarter, cyberspace -- home to all the networks that connect them -- grows.Broadly defined as a set of tools for establishing security in this expanding cyberspace, cryptography enables us to protect and share our information.
About the Author
Keith Martin is a librarian in his hometown of Westport, Ireland. He has enjoyed writer residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre and the Heinrich Boll cottage. His main hobby is writing film screenplays no-one wants to produce. He served as a Councillor on Westport Town Council from 2004 until 2014, when the council was abolished. He accepts no responsibility whatsoever for its abolition. He lives alone, by choice, but would like to point out that it was someone else's choice, not his. The Little Book of Sham is his first book. It is also, very probably, his last. Keith is on Facebook and Twitter and you can learn more about him on
