Tracing the Watchers: practical tooling

Presented at Kiwicon 2038AD: The Dystopic Future is Now (2018), Nov. 17, 2018, 1:30 p.m. (30 minutes).

Everyone knows that listening to the police scanner is legal.* Less well known: every time a radio transmits, encrypted or not, it broadcasts its location to anyone who is listening properly. We know governments use this technique extensively (protip: don't use a satphone in a warzone). In the year 2038, this power devolves to the people. This is a practical introduction, with released code, of a system for publishing realtime multilateration fixes on a map, for a live public safety radio system. Stingray is so 2018. *(in the US, your mileage (kilometerage?) will vary in other countries)

Presenters:

  • Paul McMillan
    Paul McMillan secures clouds for a living. In his spare time, he enjoys cocktails and solving impossible problems.

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