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

Black Hat · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrimeLaw, policing & justice

What it is

Dan Geer's Black Hat 2014 keynote argues that cybersecurity is a matter of power and policy rather than wishful thinking. He covers surveillance, the vulnerability market, software liability and privacy as the capacity to misrepresent yourself.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited over and over as an important talk, with commenters borrowing its ideas on cheap surveillance, offense-favoring security and liability.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2023

What HN commenters said

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

    Incredible talk defining privacy as the capacity to misrepresent yourself.

    pdkl95, 2015-09 · Strong recommendation · in “From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities”

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Topics: dan geer, surveillance, privacy, software liability, vulnerability market, black hat

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