Hackers are all about curiosity, and security is just a feeling | Chris Nickerson | TEDxFultonStreet

Chris offers a peek inside the mind and world of hackers - people who like to tinker, usually for public benefit. Want to feel more secure? Know what it takes to hack your cell phone? Why don't corporations listen when they're warned? Oh, yeah, and have you learned how to pick locks yet? Remember to face the world as a child does - with with the wonder of a child discovering a new thing for the first time.
Chris Nickerson is a professional attacker - a security specialist, he helps corporations and individuals to handle the challenges of physical and digital intrusion. A longtime part of hacker conferences DEFCON, 2600, and others, Chris is currently the CEO of Lares Consulting.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@AlwaysEast]

This dude is a legend.

[@jacobgarsson2447]

Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the internet. I can control every part of my home from my smartphone! My smart house is Bluetooth enabled and i can talk to Alexa from anywhere in the house! Wow, the world is great! Engineer/Programmer: the newest piece of technology in my home is a 2004 printer and i keep a loaded gun on me at all times in case it makes a noise I wasn't expecting.

[@spyone4828]

I've seen a guy giving a talk at a security conference on how he has his whole home office wired for automation (mostly through Alexa), so that it says "Good Morning" to everyone in the room by checking which phones are on the wifi, and when he says "Red Alert" it turns all the lights red and plays a siren. He's just aware that it all could be compromised. For example, the tesla coil has a physical switch in addition to the one Alexa controls, because it could be dangerous so he needs to be sure it is turned off. The engineer/programmer/hacker doesn't refuse to carry a smartphone, he just knows to turn off the wifi when he isn't using it so it isn't constantly broadcasting the names of networks it regularly connects to, for example.

[@KingJellyfishII]

If only this kind of thing wasn't discouraged. I'm a 15yo in school and I've found three bugs in the computer system that allow full administrator access, one that allows you to see any file on any computer IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, and I tell the IT department and what happens? I get in trouble, nothing gets fixed.

[@downumop]

Great talk, you should do a podcast... 😉 ...again. Thanks, Chris.

[@serumser1]

Look at things like a child. Nice talk! Thanks Chris!

[@cmacmenow]

12 Step programmes Abandonment “daddy” issues Love pushing buttons. Security is a feeling Casio watch - free phone calls -hacking 1986 Great sense of the surreal. Think I’m in the right job...finally!

[@HouseJunk1e]

I enjoyed this talk VERY MUCH! :) Thank you.

[@toadill]

This is exactly how I look at hacking. Love it!

[@InvalidPersistentName]

Great talk,am inspired ! :)

[@garryroylegr]

Such an inspirational lecture thank you

[@hoklitza]

I wish there were these hacker hubs where I live. Really fascinating stuff

[@BloodSoilandSoul]

Discord is a great place to start.

[@emberhydra7621]

1:29 First of. Amazing picture of you asserting dominance with that T pose, as a kid

[@InvalidPersistentName]

*takes my ski mask off and takes off my hoodies* oh

[@deeb5688]

oh, love the comment! Especially the..... oh

[@CHAOSTHERAPHY]

Verry nice thanks 👍

[@CybercrimeMagazine]

Nice talk.

[@its_tubepaste]

this is the best ted talk ive ever watched in my life

[@hellotauji863]

Excellent

[@sanityisnofun]

As a homeschooled person 100% ~ you have to learn to live... live to learn..

[@michaellepore105]

This is right up there with people ripping tags of mattresses!!

[@randomrangoon5476]

I think we all wrestle with our own thoughts. No worries,I really enjoyed your lecture. A lot

[@animeprofiles2077]

Love it !

[@iswargogoi6596]

yeah right a real hacker goes deep into everything and figures out a way to see what more can it do

[@beu9245]

I'll remeber next time i'm wondering what would happen if i pressed the fire alarm button to not hesitate and just push it

[@giridharjadala2182]

best talk i have witnessed buudy

[@rajeshnayak8492]

7:05 he has listened to the Rich Dad poor dad

[@1414TTT]

Hacker jim has some good points

[@karlpages4350]

Thanks for the talk. This made me think. Secrets and hoarding. This is what you get. Racketeering until your devices will be too slow to use. Endless vulberability hackers and security patches and obsolete devices. Consumerism in its prime. It's cool ....just give my new toys. Because pollution isn't even real society isn't a thing anymore. Keep each other busy so we don't really need to deal with each others trust issues.

[@rocksownstone9491]

Trust the plan.

[@taiquangong9912]

Hey from the MO!

[@jksalamon]

Its a Seven(7) year old speech. But it is still as relevant and meaningfull as ever.

[@prestoncollins4109]

still phreaking to this date.... this is how this message made it to here :D

[@thebread9874]

Hackers get remembered but pheeakers never die

[@kosmique]

pushing buttons makes the world go round.

[@samiirai]

No. That is lazy people.

[@jasonreed1352]

@@samiirai Making it look like it's not really work is an art. Sometimes, what looks like lazy is really only externally-defined that way, and therefore resonates with those perceiving from an external locus of control. Lucky humanity.

[@waynelamay8276]

there is no link to pdf

[@solangeb3787]

This guy is adorable. I think I just fell in love :)

[@edbrackeen5979]

Push the button

[@MrProjectmayhem]

I pushed the button and locked my manager out of her account at work 😅 some laugh though.

[@coprice94]

im telling

[@julicardozo_2]

in doubt push a button

[@Niels357]

Einstein sad it "nothing more relative as security"

[@user-xi2th5fm5p]

The problem with this video and others like it is that the speakers never tell you what to do about it.

[@dadestarmysteries255]

Kind of like politicians.

[@dsvechnikov]

Be more careful, remember that everything is hackable in some way. Don't trust computers and don't trust organizations - they all are designed by humans and all have vulnerabilities. Nothing is perfect, nothing is safe, go live in a cave and destroy the entrance to make it very hard to find from above and maybe, just maybe, no one will find you and extract your secrets from you before you die. And of course no internet, no computers, no external power, food and water supply - only stuff you can securely provide to yourself. If you can trust yourself, of course, which I doubt. If not - that means that even stuff you provide yourself is not fully secure. The only way to be absolutely secure is to die right now, immediately, so even if you will be hacked, you won't care anymore. What else you want to hear from them? There's no silver bullet.

[@dadestarmysteries255]

@@dsvechnikov What else? How about some actual solutions. I get they're not going to be perfect but that's no excuse not to offer anything concrete.

[@coprice94]

the only way to stop all this is to go back the old days

[@cyberdreame]

what matters more security or freedom?

[@kosmique]

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ― Benjamin Franklin

[@anexusthanatos4021]

Hackers love freedom. $$$

[@deeb5688]

Chris Nickerson can I ask you a question?

[@indigosax]

Sure thing... What's up?

[@kojoedc]

Didnt know that Matt Damon is a hacker

[@rocksownstone9491]

Matt Damon must’ve really let himself go.

[@hashimabbasi528]

YOLO

[@pamcota3451]

Funny kid, but insightful. !

[@user-xw4od8kb7y]

Kid? lmao

[@that_one_doggo8391]

Why does Ted talk so much???

[@potato2210]

any otakus watching this?? look at the screen at 5:24

[@katherynparker4914]

# Parker_hacker1* es el mejor hacker que conozco en instagram*

[@v.prestorpnrcrtlcrt2096]

Pushing too many buttons may lead to C-Vid

[@inception252]

hot days cold nights lazy to change clothes wearing hoodie but not put the hat all the time sometimes its hot .......

[@jessikopecky]

He's just not getting the laughs he deserves.

[@JCKnuckles]

Smug af.

[@kerloz2359]

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