# Silence on the Wire by Michal Zalewski

2 Hacker News commenters recommended Silence on the Wire by Michal Zalewski and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend it as an inspiring book whose described techniques still come to mind years after reading it. No critical caveats were raised.

## Why people recommend it

- Techniques still come to mind years later (1 comments): "very inspiring to me and the techniques he described often come to my mind years after reading the book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765201))
- Called an amazing book (1 comments): "the amazing book Silence on the Wire" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46325266))

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- [Hacking the Xbox by Andrew Huang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacking-the-xbox.md): 3 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593270461?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781593270469) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Silence on the Wire by Michal Zalewski", https://hackerapproved.com/p/silence-on-the-wire/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).