Talks·39 min
Welcomes attendees to the 2022 conference with its history, house rules, program overview and volunteer calls.
DEF CON 34 talks are here: 354 talks, summarized and searchable.
Browse DEF CON 34July 2022 · Queens, New York City, USA
1 session · 85 talks
1–24 of 85 talks
Talks·39 min
Welcomes attendees to the 2022 conference with its history, house rules, program overview and volunteer calls.
Talks·47 min
rolltime
Looks at how the ActivityPub federated standard has fared since 2018 and why it remains a niche alternative.
Talks·51 min
Joshua Fried
Explains how Radio Wonderland remixes live commercial radio into funk performances using custom Max code and everyday objects.
Talks·52 min
Ignat Korchagin
Explains why Linux kernel updates are less risky than feared and how to schedule them safely in production.
Talks·56 min
Ed Ryan
Explains whether machine-generated output can qualify for patent inventorship or copyright under current intellectual property law.
Talks·54 min
Elior Sterling
Explains realistic routes to work permits, residency and second citizenship, and how vulnerable people can find refuge abroad.
Talks·54 min
Kenji Larson
Explains how light, sleep cycles and focus rhythms can be adjusted to free up more usable waking hours.
Talks·50 min
David Sidi
Explains how volunteer-run measurement botnets can study dark patterns and other user-hostile web behavior better than bot farms.
Talks·49 min
Elonka Dunin · A.J. Jacobs
Traces 19th century encrypted newspaper ads through their history and shows how classic ciphers can be broken with free tools.
Talks·37 min
Yoshinari Nishiki
Shows how a COVID-19 antigen test kit was repurposed into a foldable headset for virtual travel experiences.
Talks·46 min
Adam Tannir
Shows a low-cost Raspberry Pi setup for capturing, monitoring and analyzing analog and broadcast TV with computer vision.
Talks·53 min
Alex Lynd
Traces how a cat-shaped beginner hacking board grew from a spare-parts side project into a product, and the design missteps behind it.
Talks·48 min
Explains how CHERI adds hardware capabilities to processors to enforce fine-grained memory protection without relying on secrets.
Talks·59 min
Wraps up the weekend's event with a look back at how it went and its memorable moments.
Talks·54 min
Aditya K Sood
Explains how ransomware and botnets infect cloud databases such as MongoDB and Elasticsearch, and demonstrates tools to detect them.
Talks·47 min
Matt Desmarais
Shows how a volunteer built sensor alarms and ordering tools for a community food pantry, plus a wearable Raspberry Pi display.
Talks·54 min
Jameson Dungan
Shows how a city-wide mesh network independent of the internet can carry offline archives, radio data and emergency communications.
Talks·52 min
Tom Kranz
Sorts security certifications by real career value, from entry-level credentials to senior ones, and flags the ones to avoid.
Talks·53 min
Michael Horowitz
Shows non-technical users practical steps for DNS filtering, VPN checks, Chromebook guest mode, router choice and passwords.
Talks·45 min
SquareMatrix
Traces how a fabricated company gained media credibility, showing how online hoaxes spread and how they can be countered.
Talks·4 hr
Inverse Phase
Traces the demoscene from BBS-era cracking and copy parties to modern shader showdowns and tiny executable art.
Talks·52 min
Robert Stribley
Shows how dark patterns and data sharing erode user privacy and how designers can build transparent, privacy-first experiences.
Talks·49 min
George Sandford
Examines how hero culture fuels burnout, gatekeeping and toxic norms in security teams, and what organizations can change.
Talks·42 min
Lucas Rooyakkers
Explains radio fundamentals, electronic warfare tactics, and low-cost software-defined radio for listening to everyday signals.