Privacy is dead

[infidel]

this is very long, over 3 hours, but very, very interesting viewing.

It's a speech by a private investigator in 2008, to a room full of nerds, about how easy it is to find out everything about you with minimal effort. It's us-centric, but applies to all really. It was originally scheduled to be given in 2006 but the feds picked him up on the day of the speech(an interesting story in itself, covered within)

lots of interesting things, how the investigators job is comparatively piss-easy these days, how with social networking you are voluntarily handing out what used to be difficult information to obtain. How mobile phones give information directly and indirectly about your location, job, friends, activities etc without even looking at call contents. The pervasiveness of cctv and what those cameras are actually capable of doing. Directed advertising and how they know what you like so what to try to sell you...just what google knows about you...it goes on

Part 1 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 8023143842" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Part 2 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9400519690" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's also available in 5 minute chunks on youtube for those with limited attention span

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsxxsrn2Tfs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

To lure you in, watch this snippet...In 4.5 hours, from sitting at his desk, using only publicly available tools and info and starting w/ only a phone number was able to discover this much...


well worth the watch. I'm upgrading my tinfoil hat to industrial grade.

[Fester]

Paranoia has set in.. time to lock the door and disconnect the internet..

[SmokeDef]

watching now ...commenting later

[Crimson Edge]

Wait privacy actually lived in the first place,never knew that. I'll watch it when I have a little time to waste.

[Jonnywhy]

:O I'm never leaving the house again...

[SmokeDef]

sad thing is, this presentation was in 2006 and big brother has not become any smaller.

In Vienna we now have two 360° cameras at every entrance / exit on the subway ...in the train
oh yeah ...we need more security

[AngryWolf]

Just great, now I can give up on faking my fake identity as well, LOL... I was aware of some of the things mentioned, but not to this extent... Anyway, thanks Del!

[infidel]

sad thing is, this presentation was in 2006 and big brother has not become any smaller.

It was actually July 2008. It was meant to be 2006 originally, but this HOPE conference thingy only takes place every couple of years so this was his first opportunity after his arrest to address that crowd

[Jonnywhy]

After his arrest? I thought he was a PI?

[indivisible]

After his arrest? I thought he was a PI?

American "Intelligence" detained him long enough so that he missed his lecture. They didn't want him letting people know just how much info they have on people and how easy it is to attain.
"Encouraging paranoia"
Ha!