PickVidsBest Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime Videos
The 146 Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 18 intermediate, 120 for a general viewer, and 6 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include Black Hat, DEFCONConference, media.ccc.de.
Defcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part
Moxie Marlinspike's DEF CON 18 talk on changing threats to privacy argues that surveillance arrived through convenient services and network effects, so opting out is not a real solution.
This Video Is Sponsored By ███ VPN
Tom Scott writes a more honest VPN ad, with the sponsor's name redacted, and explains why the typical claims in VPN advertising are misleading.
America Keeps Rejecting an ID Card It Already Has
CGP Grey explains the history of the US Social Security card and number, and why they became a de facto national ID despite never being meant for it.
Frank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at Google
Frank Abagnale, the real subject of Catch Me If You Can, speaks at Google about his life as a con man turned FBI fraud and cybersecurity expert, including advice on fraud, breaches and credit cards.
#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd
The Grugq's Hack In The Box 2012 talk on operational security for hackers, drawing on hacker indictments and counter-intelligence research.
Cybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014
Dan Geer's Black Hat 2014 keynote argues that cybersecurity is a matter of power and policy rather than wishful thinking.
28c3: The coming war on general computation
Cory Doctorow's 28c3 keynote argues that the copyright wars were just a skirmish and that the real fight will be a war on the general-purpose computer.
DEF CON 22 - Zoz - Don't Fuck It Up!
Zoz's DEF CON 22 talk on operational security in the age of pervasive surveillance.
Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment explains how data brokers collect and sell personal information, including a stunt in which his team bought data to identify members of Congress.
Civil War General-Purpose Computing | Cory Doctorow | Talks at Google
Cory Doctorow's Talks at Google lecture on the coming civil war over general-purpose computing.
We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep Tufekci
Technosociologist Zeynep Tufekci argues that the machine-learning systems used to serve ads also decide what political and social information people see.
DEF CON 23 - Chris Rock - I Will Kill You
A DEF CON 23 talk showing how weak controls in electronic death registration systems let someone virtually kill a person and obtain a real death certificate, with consequences for their identity and life.
Government Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance, including street interviews showing people have not thought about what the government can see.
Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits
An Extra Credits episode on China's Sesame Credit, which gamifies obedient citizenship through a social score.
Pig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on pig butchering scams, in which long-con romance and investment fraud is run, often by trafficked workers.
NSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report
Poul-Henning Kamp's FOSDEM 2014 talk is a hypothetical account of how an intelligence agency such as the NSA would sabotage open source software, standards and online discussion.
Kim Nilsson - Cracking MtGox
Kim Nilsson presents his investigation into how Mt.
Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras
Benn Jordan explains how Flock Safety's license plate cameras log and share vehicle locations, and explores how adversarial AI can defeat them.
re:publica 2015 - Aral Balkan: Beyond The Camera Panopticon
Aral Balkan's re:publica 2015 talk argues that people are the product of surveillance-based business models.
Identity 2.0 Keynote
Dick Hardt's fast-paced OSCON keynote on Identity 2.0 and the move toward user-centric digital identity.
29C3 Panel: Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, William Binney on whistleblowing and surveillance
A 29C3 panel with whistleblowers Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake and William Binney.
We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥
Benn Jordan details security vulnerabilities in Flock Safety license-plate-reading cameras and how easily they can be compromised.
Nina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso Money Mule - DEF CON 27 Conference
At DEF CON 27, Nina Kollars tells how buying Nespresso capsules on eBay led her to investigate fraudsters reselling goods bought with stolen credit cards.
Steve Jobs on privacy, Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference (Video)
A short clip of Steve Jobs at the 2010 D8 conference, interviewed by Walt Mossberg, defining privacy as people knowing what they are signing up for, in plain English and repeatedly.