About the Author

Peter Wayner is the author of more than a dozen books, if you include the different versions of this book, Disappearing Cryptography. This book is one of the best examples of a common theme in his work, the idea that information can hide from everyone. (The first edition came with the subtitle “Being and Nothingness on the Net”, a choice that lost out to the power of keyword searches on the Internet. It's one thing to hide when you want to hide, but not when someone is looking for a book to purchase on Amazon.)

Other books that follow in this theme are:

• Digital Cash, An exploration of how to move money across the Internet by creating bits that can't be counterfeited. [Way95b]
• Translucent Databases−A manifesto on how to preserve privacy and increase security by creating databases that do useful work without having anything in them. [Way03]
• Digital Copyright Protection−How to keep content on a flexible leash. [Way97b]
• Policing Online Games − How to enforce contracts and keep games honest and fair. [Way05]

He writes often on technical topics for venues like New York Times, InfoWorld, Byte, Wired and, on occasion, even a USENET newsgroup or two.

When he's not writing, he consults on these topics for a wide range of companies.