Privacy, Surveillance & Cybercrime Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

explainer#2743

In Norway, Everyone Can Know How Much You Earn

Tom Scott

“Interesting video about somewhat public tax returns, and hence salary, in Norway and other Nordic countries.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

tutorial#2755

How to use uBlock Origin to protect your online privacy and security | uBlock Origin tutorial 2018

The Hated One

“Here is a good tutorial on how to use ublock origin in advanced mode.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

talk#2768

Behind the scenes of iOS and Mac Security

Black Hat

“Good talk behind the reason for the T2 chip and some other Apple security stuff”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

talk#2769

NSA operation ORCHESTRA Annual Status Report - FOSDEM 2014

cnxlinux

“It’s pretty entertaining and illustrates that this is nothing new.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

talk#2831

Florian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OS

media.ccc.de

“A deep dive into the surveillance features of North Korea's operating system”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

talk#2905

36C3 - The ecosystem is moving

media.ccc.de

“A talk by Moxie at CCC deals with this exact question.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

documentary#2912

The KGB, the Computer, and Me (Complete)

GBPPR2

“It was really great, getting to hear it from Mr. Stoll's mouth directly.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019

comedy#3167

Best Lenny call ever! "I got to hang up. I cain't do this no longer. No, sir." (14:04)

Toao.net

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

explainer#3255

The hidden background noise that can catch criminals

Tom Scott

“less detailed but pretty accessible video [1] explaining how mains hum forensics work”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

talk#3328

30c3 - Trevor Paglen - Six Landscapes - 131228 2300

KraftZeitung

“It's almost a decade old, but still very much worth your time.”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2022

interview#3344

Jaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your life

Channel 4 News

“Good summary is Jaron Lanier’s interview”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2019

documentary#3354

Spying on the Scammers [Part 1/5]

Jim Browning

“This is a fascinating YouTube series from a guy who managed to hack into the IT system of an Indian scam operation”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

other#3375

5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator

demyjink

“Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

explainer#3398

Protecting Privacy with MATH (Collab with the Census)

minutephysics

“Technical explanation by minutephysics”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

lecture#3419

Jaron Lanier – Who is Civilization for? (+ Q&A with Ulrich Kelber) Willy Brandt Lecture 2018

Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung

“The best proposal I’ve heard to deal with the societal/economic problems this sort of A.I. poses were made by Jaron Lanier”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

commentary#3535

Encryption: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

“John Oliver has a great segment[1]”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

explainer#3600

How They Caught The Golden State Killer

Veritasium

“If you haven't watched the video Veritasium did about the Golden State Killer, I highly recommend it.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

talk#3657

36C3 - Uncover, Understand, Own - Regaining Control Over Your AMD CPU

media.ccc.de

“(Btw, watch the whole talk, it's nothing short of incredible.)”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

talk#3740

Tobias Engel: SS7: Locate. Track. Manipulate.

media.ccc.de

“Tobias Engel demonstrates among other things tracking down a test subject over two continents for about a month”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

talk#3841

Ochko123 - How the Feds Caught Russian Mega-Carder Roman Seleznev

Black Hat

“super interesting story about how the Feds caught Russian Mega-Carder Roman Seleznev”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

documentary#3947

How China Tracks Everyone

VICE News

“just watch the Vice doc on how China tracks people, it's on a whole another level”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

talk#3970

Defcon 18 - Practical Cellphone Spying - Chris Paget - Part.mov

killab66661

“Here's an old talk that references someone's deadname with good technical information”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2022

demo#3998

The Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video

Abe Davis's Research

“it can be possible to extract audio from video, by careful processing of the small motions the sound induced in objects in the frame”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

talk#4006

Cryptocurrency Explained: Money as a System-of-Control

aantonop

“Andreas Antonopoulos is a good person to listen to on this topic.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

explainer#4227

DNA Testing and Privacy (Behind the scenes at the 23andMe Lab) - Smarter Every Day 176

SmarterEveryDay

“Smarter Every Day made a pretty interesting video about 23&Me.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2019

explainer#4245

Why are people mean on Twitter? - Smarter Every Day 214

SmarterEveryDay

“Destin Sandlin explores how YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are being used as a sort of vanguard in a meta-game to undermine our trust”

1 HN recommenders · 2020

demo#4262

Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested)

Mark Rober

“I’d recommend two videos to start: Jim browning at and mark rober at .”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

explainer#4288

Trusted Computing? Yes or No

Robin Good

“Here it's put in easy to understand terms”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

documentary#4377

Locksmith ripoffs: Hidden camera investigation (Marketplace)

CBC News

“This video has a demo of what is happening”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

commentary#4386

You Successfully Stalked Us, Please Don't Do It Again.

Matt and Tom

“it is scary how accurately their location was found by Internet sleuths.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

other#4387

God Mode (Person of Interest)(2 x 22)

Person of Interest Highlights

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

comedy#4401

Facebook CIA Project: The Onion News Network

c0pyr1gh7

“I love this The Onion video”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2023

commentary#4439

Data | Philosophy Tube

Philosophy Tube

“PhilosophyTube recently posted a great video essay (Socratic dialogue?) that explores that exact situation.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

talk#4464

PdF 2011 | Eben Moglen: The alternate net we need, and how we can build it ourselves

PdF YouTube

“Eben Moglen talks about how the internet is going to lose what made it great”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2023

explainer#4599

Elliptic Curve Back Door - Computerphile

Computerphile

“He also gives a super cool/intuitive breakdown on how this came to be.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

talk#4679

DEFCON 20: Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The National Security Agency and the Constitution

Christiaan008

“lot of the stuff which was later leaked by Snowden is discussed here”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2019

other#4723

UTOPIA | Omeleto

Omeleto

“Here [1] is a short film covering the best case scenario of what this might look like.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

comedy#4739

The Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks - Ep. 9

The Onion

“This Onion talk put it really well”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

talk#4742

Black Hat USA 2013 - Spy-Jacking the Booters

Black Hat

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

demo#4781

Is Google always listening: Live Test

Mitchollow

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2024