Pegasus Book Club

This is the book about cryptology—how data is encrypted and how the governmental agencies work hard to break the codes so that they can catch the secret messages sent and received by people, so as to prevent terrorists and other antisocial elements from creating trouble.

The problem about code breaking and monitoring the message raises the issue of the intrusion of privacy of individuals. But when the security of the nation is at risk, the privacy of individuals takes second place. This is an issue of debate all over the scientific community and is forms the basis of this novel.

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