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Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel
Episode: Recode Decode: "Cult of the Dead Cow" author Joe Menn
Description: Writer Joe Menn talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his most recent book, "Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World."In this episode:How Menn started writing about cybercrime; the rise and fall of Napster; his first book about hacking, âFatal System Errorâ; the origins of Cult of the Dead Cow; âtheyâre basically good guysâ; its invite-only membership and how it works; how it forced Microsoft to take security seriously; how future presidential candidate Beto OâRourke got involved; what other CDC alumni are doing today; the state of...