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Best Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime videos, as recommended on Hacker News

88 videos about privacy, surveillance & cybercrime that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2011 and 2026. Mostly talk, explainer, commentary. Channels that come up most: Black Hat, DEFCONConference, media.ccc.de, LastWeekTonight. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Defcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part : Cited repeatedly to rebut 'just don't use Facebook' arguments and to explain why tracking becomes hard to escape at critical mass.

• talkDefcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part killab66661 · 6 HN recommenders · 2012–2019
• commentaryThis Video Is Sponsored By ███ VPNTom Scott · 9 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• explainerAmerica Keeps Rejecting an ID Card It Already HasCGP Grey · 14 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• talkFrank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 8 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talk#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpdHack In The Box Security Conference · 9 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• talkCybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014Black Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2023
• talk28c3: The coming war on general computation28c3 · 6 HN recommenders · 2011–2026
• talkDEF CON 22 - Zoz - Don't Fuck It Up!DEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• commentaryData Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 5 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• talkCivil War General-Purpose Computing | Cory Doctorow | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 4 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
• talkWe're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep TufekciTED · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• talkDEF CON 23 - Chris Rock - I Will Kill YouDEFCONConference · 7 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• interviewGovernment Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 5 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
• explainerPropaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra CreditsExtra Credits · 7 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
• commentaryPig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 5 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
• talkNSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status ReportHUP · 9 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• talkKim Nilsson - Cracking MtGoxTheBitcoinArmy · 5 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• talkre:publica 2015 - Aral Balkan: Beyond The Camera Panopticonre:publica · 5 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
• talkIdentity 2.0 KeynoteDan Lewis · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• talk29C3 Panel: Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, William Binney on whistleblowing and surveillancethisdayinwikileaks · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
• talkNina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso Money Mule - DEF CON 27 ConferenceDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• interviewSteve Jobs on privacy, Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference (Video)iwasjojo · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• talkDEF CON 18 - Moxie Marlinspike - Changing Threats To Privacy: From TIA to GoogleDEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• talkKeynote: Embedded Ethics by Patricia AasEuroBSDCon · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
• interviewSlavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' StageDet Kgl. Bibliotek · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2016
• talkEben Moglen - Freedom in The CloudPunkcast · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2018
• explainerThe Only Safe Phone Is One Even the Police Can't UnlockCGP Grey · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• talkDEF CON 30 - Sam Bent - Tor - Darknet Opsec By a Veteran Darknet VendorDEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
• talkDEF CON 22 - Adrian Crenshaw- Dropping Docs on Darknets: How People Got CaughtDEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkThe Power of Big Data and Psychographics | 2016 Concordia Annual SummitConcordia · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• talkMoxie Marlinspike, Next Generation Threats 2014Techworld Sverige · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
• talkBlack Hat USA 2013 - OPSEC failures of spiesBlack Hat · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkDEFCON 19: Steal Everything, Kill Everyone, Cause Total Financial Ruin! (w speaker)Christiaan008 · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• documentaryThe KGB, The Computer and Me - The Cuckoo’s Egg StoryAustralian Phoenix CyberOps · 3 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
• talkIchthyology: Phishing as a ScienceBlack Hat · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• lectureJacob Appelbaum (Part 2/2) Digital Anti-Repression Workshop - April 26 2012NewYorkRawVideos · 3 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
• documentaryChina’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The WorldVICE News · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• demoPranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb PaybackMark Rober · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• otherDeus Ex Morpheus Conversation [1080p Widescreen]Darkangel754 · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• talk37C3 - Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchersmedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
• talkBrave New World vs Nineteen Eighty-Four featuring Adam Gopnik and Will SelfIntelligence Squared · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• talkBeware online "filter bubbles" | Eli PariserTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2025
• comedyScammers Wanted $3,000 - They Watched Me Spend It AllKitboga · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkBlack Hat 2013 - OPSEC Failures of SpiesHackersOnBoard · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• newsThe Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy: EventID=104573House Committee on the Judiciary · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2017
• talkre:publica 2012 - Eben Moglen - Freedom of Thought Requires Free Mediare:publica · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2022
• talkStanford Seminar - Unethical Algorithms of Massive ScaleStanford Online · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• demoSmarter than a Smart TV! (Raspberry Pi Inside)Jeff Geerling · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• explainerIn Norway, Everyone Can Know How Much You EarnTom Scott · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• tutorialHow to use uBlock Origin to protect your online privacy and security | uBlock Origin tutorial 2018The Hated One · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkBehind the scenes of iOS and Mac SecurityBlack Hat · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkNSA operation ORCHESTRA Annual Status Report - FOSDEM 2014cnxlinux · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2021
• talkFlorian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OSmedia.ccc.de · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• talk36C3 - The ecosystem is movingmedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• documentaryThe KGB, the Computer, and Me (Complete)GBPPR2 · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• comedyBest Lenny call ever! "I got to hang up. I cain't do this no longer. No, sir." (14:04)Toao.net · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2023
• explainerThe hidden background noise that can catch criminalsTom Scott · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• talk30c3 - Trevor Paglen - Six Landscapes - 131228 2300KraftZeitung · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2022
• interviewJaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your lifeChannel 4 News · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
• documentarySpying on the Scammers [Part 1/5]Jim Browning · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• other5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operatordemyjink · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2021
• explainerProtecting Privacy with MATH (Collab with the Census)minutephysics · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• lectureJaron Lanier – Who is Civilization for? (+ Q&A with Ulrich Kelber) Willy Brandt Lecture 2018Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• commentaryEncryption: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2018
• explainerHow They Caught The Golden State KillerVeritasium · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• talk36C3 - Uncover, Understand, Own - Regaining Control Over Your AMD CPUmedia.ccc.de · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
• talkTobias Engel: SS7: Locate. Track. Manipulate.media.ccc.de · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2021
• talkOchko123 - How the Feds Caught Russian Mega-Carder Roman SeleznevBlack Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• documentaryHow China Tracks EveryoneVICE News · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2026
• talkDefcon 18 - Practical Cellphone Spying - Chris Paget - Part.movkillab66661 · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2022
• demoThe Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from VideoAbe Davis's Research · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2026
• talkCryptocurrency Explained: Money as a System-of-Controlaantonop · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2020
• explainerDNA Testing and Privacy (Behind the scenes at the 23andMe Lab) - Smarter Every Day 176SmarterEveryDay · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2019
• explainerWhy are people mean on Twitter? - Smarter Every Day 214SmarterEveryDay · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2020
• demoGlitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested)Mark Rober · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2022
• explainerTrusted Computing? Yes or NoRobin Good · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2023
• documentaryLocksmith ripoffs: Hidden camera investigation (Marketplace)CBC News · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2024
• commentaryYou Successfully Stalked Us, Please Don't Do It Again.Matt and Tom · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2020
• otherGod Mode (Person of Interest)(2 x 22)Person of Interest Highlights · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• comedyFacebook CIA Project: The Onion News Networkc0pyr1gh7 · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2023
• commentaryData | Philosophy TubePhilosophy Tube · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• talkPdF 2011 | Eben Moglen: The alternate net we need, and how we can build it ourselvesPdF YouTube · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2023
• explainerElliptic Curve Back Door - ComputerphileComputerphile · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2025
• talkDEFCON 20: Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The National Security Agency and the ConstitutionChristiaan008 · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2019
• otherUTOPIA | OmeletoOmeleto · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2026
• comedyThe Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks - Ep. 9The Onion · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2024
• talkBlack Hat USA 2013 - Spy-Jacking the BootersBlack Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2017
• demoIs Google always listening: Live TestMitchollow · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2024