Hackers building anti-surveillance tools
Published: August 14, 2026
Duration: 10:55
DEF CON is one of the largest and longest-running hacker conferences in the world. I met with hackers who are building tools to fight the surveillance state.
0:00 DEF CON Is Wild
0:38 Ludlow's IoT Village Hackathon
2:08 Colonel Panic — Flock Camera Detector
4:27 EFF's Rayhunter — Stingray Detection
6:53 The Biscuit Ultra — Anti-Surveillance Gadget
7:40 Meshtastic on the LilyGo T-Deck
8:15 Exploitee.rs Meshtastic Pager
8:38 Shenanigans
9:20 No One Is Coming to Save Us
No one is coming to save us. The tools protecting our privacy are being built by a scrappy community of hacker...
0:00 DEF CON Is Wild
0:38 Ludlow's IoT Village Hackathon
2:08 Colonel Panic — Flock Camera Detector
4:27 EFF's Rayhunter — Stingray Detection
6:53 The Biscuit Ultra — Anti-Surveillance Gadget
7:40 Meshtastic on the LilyGo T-Deck
8:15 Exploitee.rs Meshtastic Pager
8:38 Shenanigans
9:20 No One Is Coming to Save Us
No one is coming to save us. The tools protecting our privacy are being built by a scrappy community of hacker...