Governments don't understand cyber warfare. We need hackers | Rodrigo Bijou

The Internet has transformed the front lines of war, and it's leaving governments behind. As security analyst Rodrigo Bijou shows, modern conflict is being waged online between non-state groups, activists and private corporations, and the digital landscape is proving to be fertile ground for the recruitment and radicalization of terrorists. Meanwhile, draconian surveillance programs are ripe for exploitation. Bijou urges governments to end mass surveillance programs and shut "backdoors" - and he makes a bold call for individuals to step up.
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[@kruxy404]

judging by the comments, people either didn't watch the whole vid or didn't get the message

[@vaibhavgupta20]

+kruxy (っ◕‿◕)っ its youtube, i didn't have to read the comments.

[@advythoh]

+kruxy (っ◕‿◕)っ True, there was so much said actually.

[@vtech325]

Doesn't the government already train people to be, and hire hackers? I mean, a whole section of our military specializes in hacking and online tracking.

[@DungeonMetal]

+vtech325 They regularly hire "black hat" and "black listed" hackers for jobs and through internet security firms. One of my best buddies has a warning letter from the pentagon framed on his wall; to him though it's a trophy, he got hired 6 months later.

[@thepankechannel]

Yep but his point is that military should focus on protecting and securing those holes and not attacking first.

[@ChristopherYoung5977]

Mr. Bijou, a point of diction: Paintings are hung. People are hanged. Great talk!

[@colin-campbell]

TED talk audience members love the smell of their own farts.

[@SuperAtheist]

Governments want more power not less.

[@HigherPlanes]

Ending the war on drugs would definitely put a stop to one of the most powerful carterls in the world

[@srimansrini]

In this need-of-the-hour talk, ethical hacker Rodrigo Bijou asserts the importance of how the modern Governments fail to understand the ever-growing cyber-terrorism across the world. Instead of just blaming, he also gives very practical solution how to overcome this trouble with the use of technology. A very informative, evocative and most importantly timely talk. Highly recommended.

[@666Tomato666]

"Intelligence" agencies that after 10 years have not noticed that "Cyber" has not really caught up as a description of Internet, of computer, of network based...

[@Chewy427]

Please keep the mic away from the mouth. I can hear the saliva.

[@DavidRRR946]

Excellent speach.

[@fmaafo]

I dont think government shouldn’t be relinquishing control but rather they should be ‘upping’ their game! The defense of a national assets and interests such as critical infrastructure, people, government functions ,economic activities etc. lies with government (and certainly, in collaboration with the private sector). Governments ought to lead the charge by strengthening regulatory laws and investing in their cyber defense apparatus as part of the overall national defense strategy. All the national defense budget should not be poured into only military equipment because the threat to national security and interests has moved progressively in the last 5 years at least from the physical into cyberspace.

[@IDislikeTheNewYoutube]

You can easily broaden that statement by saying that "Governments don't normally understand ANYTHING that's under 50 years old." It's as easy as saying: "Well, teachers are likely underpaid given their importance in the next generations lives." Sure. But let's broaden that one as well and say "Basically, finance, sales, lawyers and doctors are all just overly paid professions, while the vast majority of everything else is grossly underpaid for its importance."

[@thirzel]

teachers who teach... not does who read what is in the fancy gap-fill texts books of today's schools.

[@tropicaljantie]

Regarding the giving up of control by governments, the opposite is happening... More surveillance, more walls, more power to intelligence agencies. How do you explain that?

[@hansxu5410]

06:35 LOL same thing dude

[@Daniela61999]

The guy made some points but got nowhere... I'm not even sure on what "side" he was on.

[@r2stik]

welcome to Estonia:-)

[@6nuke4peace9]

I'm more worried about company data collecting and survelliance than government mass survelliance and data collecting.

[@Johanneslol11]

I can't agree more, the real hackers. The ones who are good are the ones who you don't see or don't expect it from. The ones who see the machines from a different point of view. I myself as ICT student see that to. Our teachers sometimes don't even understand us, this can be dangerous but also a Opportunity. :) use it for good, and before they find out they can do something bad to.

[@Dariocorral01]

+Johanneslol11 opertunitie?? Opportunity

[@Johanneslol11]

+Este Whey Thanks :) I am not a native english speaker, I am from the netherlands so I do make some errors from time to time....;)

[@Dariocorral01]

No worries, glad I could help

[@jonathanjollimore7156]

Someone half way on other side of Earth is now in your living room digitally think about that for a second

[@beardollars]

Pretty important stuff but I don't think anyone had any clue what he was talking about unfortunately.

[@mynameisHOPKIRK]

If you really want to enlighten yourself on exactly how this potentially wonderful world of ours actually works then look into the insights and wisdom of a certain individual named Alan Watt (he has a scottish accent, do not confuse him with Alan Watts)

[@HowDareYouu]

from the first sentence we understood that is bulshit propaganda

[@RKNGL]

He can't really present a soultion like this in a atmosphere that is always changing. His proposal seems to think in a generation the rules will be the same. Backdoors can't be do easily borded up since there is always another back door or variable. This is the kinda guy that thinks an complicated problem can be solved with one change.

[@Kreates09]

So he says let's go back to Stasi's System but this time worldwide.

[@faza553]

It is the best of times, it's the worst of times. Global Peace Assessment?

[@Kongolox]

i think is more like they dont want to understand

[@mhtinla]

Is that Michael J Fox at 8:15?

[@garyhayden6254]

No es verdad.

[@ruiq.z314]

You can either join NSA or be a criminal. Wow, so its not about right or wrong, it's only about who you are working for.

[@tombox24]

recruiting through social media is not cyber warfare.

[@mick7sp]

-Nero- our governments just fiddle on while Rome burns.

[@Panzerbjrn]

lolwut? 5:30 about the drug cartel... Anonymous didn't strike fear into their hearts, they laughed at Anonymous and showed how impotent they are in the real world...

[@theeverythingchannel6639]

I guess shutting down over 1500 CP websites proves you are useless.

[@chibigaming1860]

Lars Panzerbjørn rofl you tard.

[@LeonidasGGG]

In all honesty, I didn't get it.

[@Overonator]

Wait you downloaded a picture and it hacked your system? Was that some vulnerability in the Windows OS?

[@dirkofeel9821]

+Overonator I believe it works by using the numerical code of the colors of the pixels as code then having something execute the code. Don't quote me on that though.

[@pingpingthetinychainsmoker7863]

No they downloaded it. If you download something then it's the worst.

[@jolin36369]

Please dont bring war into internet....

[@danslesilence]

What he is talking is basically Ghost in the shell Status quo

[@SerenityReceiver]

He dilutes his point by unnecessarily repeating himself. He basicly only needed 5 sentences. Governments should stop mass surveillance to make people safer? Tough sell.

[@red-zi7fg]

Good boy

[@HigherPlanes]

Who's in charge of government? Old people. What do old people know about technology? Nothing. The first step in finding a solution is recognizing the problem.

[@temp7172]

My English teacher made me watch this

[@lidlyp]

same

[@ONSTART]

@@lidlyp same

[@06livefast]

I like these talks, but after hearing about how TED treats their guest speakers and their entire process of recruiting speakers to the point where they get to the stage is an absolute gong-show. You pretty much sign 1 week of your life on the dotted line just to get 15 minutes of fame.

[@redthorpe]

+ShowMeTheSugarWalls That's still more fame than many people get from signing years of their life away.

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

+ShowMeTheSugarWalls 1 week is tame, most people wait their entire lives and still get nothing.

[@strancanel]

+ShowMeTheSugarWalls Can you provide more info about this, please?

[@06livefast]

strancanel Check out Joe Rogan tralking to an asian guy on his podcast who was a guest for TED and had horror stories to infinite.

[@datgnome000]

Re-upload? I feel like I've seen this before...

[@comardbrny6085]

Did he just say isis is the most powerful organisation in the world??

[@TheAnnoyingGunner]

Is he seriously promoting Anonymous?

[@Cthulch]

wow, that's lame...

[@Eleven-dk4be]

Encryption encryption encryption

[@nickjoeb]

Let's move to the dark net already!

[@matchina9181]

This guy. THIS FUCKING GUY. THIS FUCKING MOOP.

[@eastbay5l0]

It's funny how this guy acts like hacking or Intel will save lives it does more negative than positive

[@Jakromha]

Like guns, but impossible to regulate and with a range of almost the entire world.

[@zerge69]

Young and idealist. You’ll learn.

[@cecechristian3791]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@dmitryivanov5892]

This guy clearly doesn't know anything about security. A lot of water and no sense

[@oguzkaancomoglu]

why american People always think to right themselves.I'm sure that After a few year later everybody will say all of this war reason is America

[@mariamoretti5329]

am a hacker

[@mick7sp]

+Maria Moretti I trucidabunt, ergo sum

[@JJaani]

Are you talking about the countless killed by terrorists in Pakistan (over 50k killed by drone and terrorist attacks since 2007) and Indonesia and other Muslim countries or your studies only include false flags by mossad and cia in france and non muslim countries?

[@dankarino2011]

How are muslims relevant to this?

[@AntidotInc]

clown

[@keepgrindingkeepwinning9237]

This guy is the most boring Ted talk I've ever seen. Just not engaging at all. He might have good points but he couldn't get an ants attention.