04275cam a2200577 i 4500 23214364 BJBSDDR 20240401120718.0 ta 230705s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng 2022435703 9781982144432 1982144432 9781982144456 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC eng pcc JZ 1254 H474w 2021 Helberg, Jacob 34673 The wires of war : technology and the global struggle for power / Jacob Helberg. First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, 2021 xxii, 360 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-347) and index. Introduction: In the Heart of the Empire -- The Origins of the Gray War -- The Software War on the Front-End of Your Screen -- The Hardware War on the Back-End of Your Device -- The Future of National Sovereignty Is Tech, Not Troops -- The Hill and the Valley -- Winning the Gray War -- A Sputnik Moment. From the former news policy lead at Google, an urgent and groundbreaking account of the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the autocracies of China and Russia that could potentially crush democracy. From 2016 to 2020, Jacob Helberg led Google's global internal product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference. During this time, he found himself in the midst of what can only be described as a quickly escalating two-front technology cold war between democracy and autocracy. On the front-end, we're fighting to control the software--applications, news information, social media platforms, and more--of what we see on the screens of our computers, tablets, and phones, a clash which started out primarily with Russia but now increasingly includes China and Iran. Even more ominously, we're also engaged in a hidden back-end battle--largely with China--to control the Internet's hardware, which includes devices like cellular phones, satellites, fiber-optic cables, and 5G networks. This tech-fueled war will shape the world's balance of power for the coming century as autocracies exploit twenty-first-century methods to re-divide the world into twentieth century-style spheres of influence. Helberg cautions that the spoils of this fight are power over every meaningful aspect of our lives, including our economy, our infrastructure, our national security, and ultimately, our national sovereignty. Without a firm partnership with the government, Silicon Valley is unable to protect democracy from the autocrats looking to sabotage it from Beijing to Moscow and Tehran. The stakes of the ongoing cyberwar are no less than our nation's capacity to chart its own future, the freedom of our democratic allies, and even the ability of each of us to control our own fates, Helberg says. And time is quickly running out."--Publisher's website Technological innovations. Innovaciones tecnológicas 6528 Technology Economic aspects. Tecnología Aspectos económicos 34963 Computer security. Seguridad informática 15435 Cyber intelligence (Computer security) Ciberinteligencia (Seguridad informática) 34964 Internet and international relations. Technology and international relations. Tecnología y relaciones internacionales 34965 Computer networks Security measures. Redes informáticas Medidas de seguridad 31502 Cyberspace Security measures. Ciberespacio Medidas de seguridad 7655 Cyberspace operations (Military science) Cyberterrorism. Ciberterrorismo 4804 0 ibc orignew 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 120798 120798 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2024-03-04 0 JZ 1254 H474w 2021 00000177608 2024-03-04 00:00:00 1 2024-03-04 BK