Thanks to copy editor extraordinaire Laura Stiers, whose sharp-eyed work helped me come to terms with a weird propensity to write about eels and angles.
Thanks, as always, to my agent, Elana Roth Parker, for expert guidance and candid advice.
The world of this book is full of both real and made-up elements. Much of the technology is fictional—anyone trying to use this book as a guide to hacking driverless cars or anything else will be hilariously nonplussed. While I invented terminology and processes, I tried to draw parallels to reality. Many thanks to the following for inspiration:
“Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities of In-Car Wireless Networks: A Tire Pressure Monitoring System Case Study” by Ishtiaq Rouf, Rob Miller, Hossen Mustafa, Travis Taylor, Sangho Oh, Wenyuan Xu, Marco Gruteser, Wade Trappe, and Ivan Seskar.
“Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile” by Karl Koscher, Alexei Czeskis, Franziska Roesner, Shwetak Patel, Tadayoshi Kohno, Stephen Checkoway, Damon McCoy, Brian Kantor, Danny Anderson, Hovav Shacham, and Stefan Savage.
The TED Talk from Chris Urmson, former head of Google’s driverless car program.
A helpful /r/ELI5 thread on SQL injections, with special thanks to /u/thargoallmysecrets.
Daniel Elkayam, for discussing the trolley problem with me at Swift Hibernian Lounge.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for the brains/looks/muscle/wildcard paradigm that inspired the fixer/tech genius/etc. “role assignments” in this book.
Tyra Banks for “smizing.”
Gene Wolfe for “fuligin.” I have no idea how Melissa got hold of a fabric from The Book of the New Sun, but such is the magic of fashion.
ANDY MARINO was born and raised in upstate New York, and currently lives in New York City with his wife and two cats. He’s also the author of Unison Spark, Uncrashable Dakota, and The Door. You can visit him at andy-marino.com.
