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Systems, Networks & Security

Security & hacking

Security & hacking sits within Systems, Networks & Security. Follow the boundaries between infrastructure, reliability, trust, and the people operating a system. This selection contains 192 catalog videos from 115 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.

Recurring catalog topics include security, reverse engineering, def con, defcon, black hat and physical security. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include comedy, commentary, demo, documentary, explainer, interview, lecture, news, other, talk and tutorial. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.

“Why Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad Idea”, listed under Tom Scott, is cataloged as explainer. Tom Scott explains why electronic voting is a bad idea. Elections must be trusted by everyone and attacks on software scale in ways attacks on paper do not, so open source or…

“Defcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part”, listed under killab66661, is cataloged as talk. Moxie Marlinspike's DEF CON 18 talk on changing threats to privacy argues that surveillance arrived through convenient services and network effects, so opting out is not a real solution. It also includes…

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