10 Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Privacy
John Q Newman explores 10 steps you can take to protect your privacy at DEF CON 8, examining personal-privacy and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
Newman, Author. Fake id by mail and modem.
Vulnerability Analysis
and 10 steps you can take to protect your privacy. I will cover topics such as the legal rules regarding fake id, when and where it can be safely used, how to determine if an internet seller of fake id is a scammer or legit, and finally the federal governments new interest in fake id.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
The id shop, the place I recommended last year, was raided by the secret service 3 months ago, and I will also talk about this case. If you remember, the owner was at last years convention making and seling id.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
My second talk will be called "10 steps you can take to protect your privacy". This will be the dry run for a presentation I will take on the lecture circuit when my big new book from random house comes out on privacy. This talk will give straightforward steps everyone can take to drop out and stay out of big brother's databases.
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