Privacy, Surveillance & Cybercrime Videos Hacker News Recommends

talk#121

Defcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part

killab66661

“I would highly encourage anyone who thinks that the solution is as simple as "don't use XYZ" to see what Moxie Marlinspike had to say”

6 HN recommenders · 2012–2019

commentary#220

This Video Is Sponsored By ███ VPN

Tom Scott

“It's well worth the seven and a half minutes to watch it, IMO.”

9 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

explainer#243

America Keeps Rejecting an ID Card It Already Has

CGP Grey

“this is the most enjoyable explanation for it I've seen, by CGP Grey”

14 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

talk#298

Frank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“One of the best google talks I have seen.”

8 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

talk#312

#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd

Hack In The Box Security Conference

“It's a great watch if you're interested in how various (in)famous hackers thought they were secure and got busted anyway.”

9 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

talk#371

Cybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014

Black Hat

“Dan Geer, in his incredible talk last year[1]”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

talk#464

28c3: The coming war on general computation

28c3

“which I very strongly recommend that everybody watch”

6 HN recommenders · 2011–2026

talk#465

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

DEFCONConference

“According to Zoz in his excellent DEFCON 22 talk”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

commentary#512

Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“I strongly recommend this episode of Last Week Tonight”

5 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

talk#585

Civil War General-Purpose Computing | Cory Doctorow | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“I highly recommend reading up on what Cory has to say on DRM and the war on general purpose computing. It may change your mind.”

4 HN recommenders · 2012–2026

talk#590

We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep Tufekci

TED

“This TED talk[0] on persuasion architectures brings up some interesting moral arguments against this idea.”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

talk#622

DEF CON 23 - Chris Rock - I Will Kill You

DEFCONConference

“Really eye opening, and potentially devastating if it's done to you.”

7 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

interview#653

Government Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“I believe John Oliver provided the best example when he interviewed Edward Snowden.”

5 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

explainer#682

Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits

Extra Credits

“It's 7.5 minutes long, and well worth the watch”

7 HN recommenders · 2015–2018

commentary#698

Pig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver did an excellent explainer about how pig butchering works.”

5 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

talk#794

NSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report

HUP

“The entire talk is an eye opener.”

9 HN recommenders · 2014–2019

talk#811

Kim Nilsson - Cracking MtGox

TheBitcoinArmy

“One of the best summaries of the Mt Gox incident, as well as the fallout and subsequent investigations that I've watched.”

5 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

talk#953

re:publica 2015 - Aral Balkan: Beyond The Camera Panopticon

re:publica

“All in all, this is a great talk, I highly recommend you watch from start.”

5 HN recommenders · 2015–2020

talk#1090

Identity 2.0 Keynote

Dan Lewis

“if you’ve never seen it, I encourage you to watch it”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

talk#1102

29C3 Panel: Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, William Binney on whistleblowing and surveillance

thisdayinwikileaks

“You may be interested in watching this talk from 29c3 where Drake and Binney told their stories in their own words”

3 HN recommenders · 2013–2017

talk#1196

Nina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso Money Mule - DEF CON 27 Conference

DEFCONConference

“here's an excellent defcon talk on what these some groups do”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

interview#1199

Steve Jobs on privacy, Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference (Video)

iwasjojo

“Privacy means people know what they’re signing up for. In plain English, and repeatedly.”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

talk#1243

DEF CON 18 - Moxie Marlinspike - Changing Threats To Privacy: From TIA to Google

DEFCONConference

“It was formative in my understanding of privacy and security.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

talk#1257

Keynote: Embedded Ethics by Patricia Aas

EuroBSDCon

“Hasn't aged one bit. If anything Patricia is spot on pretty much everything.”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2020

interview#1294

Slavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' Stage

Det Kgl. Bibliotek

“I think Slavoj Žižek and Paul Holdengräber on "Surveillance and whistleblowers" is worth a watch.”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2016

talk#1301

Eben Moglen - Freedom in The Cloud

Punkcast

“It's worth the watch/listen to get the idea in full.”

3 HN recommenders · 2011–2018

explainer#1321

The Only Safe Phone Is One Even the Police Can't Unlock

CGP Grey

“CGP Grey offers an easily digestible 5-minute primer”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

talk#1463

DEF CON 30 - Sam Bent - Tor - Darknet Opsec By a Veteran Darknet Vendor

DEFCONConference

“Here is an awesome DefCon talk about this topic from the perspective of a darknet vendor. It's amazing”

3 HN recommenders · 2024

talk#1734

DEF CON 22 - Adrian Crenshaw- Dropping Docs on Darknets: How People Got Caught

DEFCONConference

“in most of the cases, it was bad OpsSec by the person, and had nothing to do with Tor”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

talk#1791

The Power of Big Data and Psychographics | 2016 Concordia Annual Summit

Concordia

“I urge everyone to watch this video from Cambridge Analytica about their techniques with big data and psychographic profiling”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

talk#1839

Moxie Marlinspike, Next Generation Threats 2014

Techworld Sverige

“I got excited about signal after watching this video, which explains pretty well the challenges of encrypted communication and how Signal addresses them”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

talk#1973

Black Hat USA 2013 - OPSEC failures of spies

Black Hat

“The whole talk is worth watching.”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

talk#2019

DEFCON 19: Steal Everything, Kill Everyone, Cause Total Financial Ruin! (w speaker)

Christiaan008

“The absolute funniest tech talk I've seen”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

documentary#2126

The KGB, The Computer and Me - The Cuckoo’s Egg Story

Australian Phoenix CyberOps

“It's quite amazing to see the original people involved recreating events just a few years after they took place”

3 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

talk#2136

Ichthyology: Phishing as a Science

Black Hat

“shows just how easy it is to phish even users who think they are too good to be fooled.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

lecture#2283

Jacob Appelbaum (Part 2/2) Digital Anti-Repression Workshop - April 26 2012

NewYorkRawVideos

“Worth listening to Jake Appelbaum's 'digital anti repression workshop' [1].”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2017

documentary#2307

China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World

VICE News

“here's a very thorough look from an established news source”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

demo#2331

Pranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb Payback

Mark Rober

“Here is Mark Rober basically bringing the war to their shores with incredible pranks”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

other#2361

Deus Ex Morpheus Conversation [1080p Widescreen]

Darkangel754

“My favorite conversation in the game is probably the one with the AI Morpheus”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

talk#2362

37C3 - Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers

media.ccc.de

“was a rollercoaster of a ride. If you have the time to watch it I highly recommend it!”

2 HN recommenders · 2024

talk#2366

Brave New World vs Nineteen Eighty-Four featuring Adam Gopnik and Will Self

Intelligence Squared

“this debate between will self and adam gopnik on 'brave new world' vs '1984' is really good if anybody has 1.5 hours to indulge.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

talk#2411

Beware online "filter bubbles" | Eli Pariser

TED

“The Filter Bubble Ted talk is what motivated me to dump social media.”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2025

comedy#2443

Scammers Wanted $3,000 - They Watched Me Spend It All

Kitboga

“One of my favourite videos so far involved “driving to a store” to get google play codes”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

talk#2565

Black Hat 2013 - OPSEC Failures of Spies

HackersOnBoard

“This is one of the best videos I have ever seen countering this argument.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2019

news#2592

The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy: EventID=104573

House Committee on the Judiciary

“the recent House Judiciary Committee Hearing is worth the watch”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

talk#2656

re:publica 2012 - Eben Moglen - Freedom of Thought Requires Free Media

re:publica

“none seems to beat those from Stallman's lawyer, Eben Moglen.”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2022

talk#2699

Stanford Seminar - Unethical Algorithms of Massive Scale

Stanford Online

“It's worth watching even if it's 1 hour and 23 minutes.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

demo#2710

Smarter than a Smart TV! (Raspberry Pi Inside)

Jeff Geerling

“Jeff Geerling talks about how great a TV his non-TV is.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023