" They are running a secure operating system you’ve never heard of,” he explained. “It’s called Shiny Hat.” “Shiny Hat.” “Yes. The most clinically paranoid operating system in the world. Since you have an overdeveloped sense of irony, Stokes, you might like to know that we acquired it from hackers who were specifically worried about being eavesdropped on by shadowy government entities. Now they work for us. "

― Neal Stephenson , Anathem