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DEF CON 22 - Zoz - Don't Fuck It Up!

DEFCONConference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrime

What it is

Zoz's DEF CON 22 talk on operational security in the age of pervasive surveillance. He shows how hard it is to avoid mistakes even for people who should know better.

Why Hacker News recommends it

It is the usual cite for why good OPSEC is so hard, including entry and exit point correlation and digital exhaust.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “According to Zoz in his excellent DEFCON 22 talk”

    Excellent talk on OPSEC difficulties, including entry and exit point correlation.

    pdkl95, 2019-02 · Strong recommendation · in ““Reverse location” search warrants identify all cellphones near a crime scene”

  2. “I'm always reminded of Zoz's awesome talk”

    Not getting caught online is still non-trivial.

    bluejellybean, 2019-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The Gig Economy (2018)”

  3. “There's another good talk on more general opsec from Defcon”

    General OPSEC talk from Defcon.

    _asummers, 2016-07 · Recommendation · in “Cloudflare ReCAPTCHA De-Anonymizes Tor Users”

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Topics: opsec, surveillance, nsa, tor, privacy

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