This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

By Nicole Perlroth

About This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

Nicole Perlroth investigates the international trade in software vulnerabilities and the growth of cyberweapons. She follows the people and institutions that discover, buy, and deploy these capabilities, connecting hidden technical markets with risks to the connected world.

Why I include it

I include this to examine the incentives behind cyber insecurity and the consequences of treating software weaknesses as strategic assets.

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Tech, Surveillance & the New Cold War

Investigates the market in software vulnerabilities and the development of cyberweapons.

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Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

Perspective & context

I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

Tech, Surveillance & the New Cold War

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Praise & Reviews

“An intricately detailed, deeply sourced and reported history.”
— The New York Times

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