Real World Privacy, How to Leave Less of A Trail in Life

Presented at DEF CON 12 (2004), July 30, 2004, 1 p.m. (50 minutes)

Like leaving breadcrumbs in the forest, individuals leave a data trail throughout their day. This talk will look at practical ways to leave a smaller data wake. Privacy isn't dead. Time, money and effort are needed to maintain and live outside the data collection mechanisms that are now part of society.

Presenters:

  • n0namehere
    n0namehere started down the privacy route in the early 1990s after mistakenly hearing cell and cordless phone calls on his recently purchased scanner. Realizing the ease in which others could listen in on his life, this event led to a re-evaluation of his behavior which changed his life. He spreads the word among friends and family, encouraging many down the road to stronger privacy. n0namehere is a big computer company survivor whose personal and professional work focuses on computer security and privacy issues ranging from running to designing to breaking systems, networks and applications. n0namehere has worked for Fortune 500 companies, consulted on hundreds of system and network designs and worked security/privacy issues during the Summer Olympic Games. n0namehere doesn't live in a cave but balances privacy and reality in his daily life.

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