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The coolest anti-surveillance tools at Defcon

DEF CON is one of the largest and longest-running hacker conferences in the world. I met with hackers who are building tools to fight the surveillance state.

0:00 DEF CON Is Wild
0:38 Ludlow’s IoT Village Hackathon
2:08 Colonel Panic — Flock Camera Detector
4:27 EFF’s Rayhunter — Stingray Detection
6:53 The Biscuit Ultra — Anti-Surveillance Gadget
7:40 Meshtastic on the LilyGo T-Deck
8:15 Exploitee.rs Meshtastic Pager
8:38 Shenanigans
9:20 No One Is Coming to Save Us

No one is coming to save us. The tools protecting our privacy are being built by a scrappy community of hackers and hobbyists on shoestring budgets — and anyone can join the fight.

https://colonelpanic.tech/
https://eff.org/rayhunter
https://Exploitee.rs

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Recommended Books:

Beginner’s Introduction To Privacy – Naomi Brockwell
https://amzn.to/3WDSfku

Permanent Record – Edward Snowden
https://amzn.to/305negc

What has the government done to our money – Rothbard
https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu

Extreme Privacy – Michael Bazzel
https://amzn.to/4kx3LJo

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State – Glenn Greenwald
https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m

Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Brave browser: https://brave.com/nao076

Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)
https://amzn.to/3z02UiF

Data Blocker (if you’re charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)
https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2

Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)
https://amzn.to/3Xn8xBn

USB-C to ethernet adapter:
https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy

Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)

Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)
MacBook Air 13″ https://amzn.to/3VQvpZ7
HP/Dell/Acer/Asus/Lenovo 15.6″ https://amzn.to/3KK1Oda
Lenovo Thinkpad/HP Elitebook/Dell 14″ https://amzn.to/4enT2zq

Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)
Galaxy s24 – https://amzn.to/3VGgb8H
iPhone 15 – https://amzn.to/45vCd1h
Pixel 8 – https://amzn.to/3KFDuJF

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