[Noisebridge-discuss] security meeting ideas

[travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org]

Hey all,

I was just looking at the schedule and trying to find an evening slot
once a month for the Bay Area Hacker's Assocation
(http://baha.bitrot.info/).  We are security enthusiasts of every
stripe, but mostly computer security.

We will need a projector and room for perhaps 10 people.

I wouldn't mind 2nd Mondays at 7pm, if we won't conflict with Circuit
Hacking Mondays.

Our first presentation will probably be on the under-discussed topic
of physical surveillance (stakeouts).  We'll also have a workshop
(probably on the weekend) where participants try their skills at
following a brave volunteer (and probably me, who will observe the
surveillance from the target's perspective).  Come and find out how
the movies get it all wrong.

Other topics I'm interested in giving:
Cable modem hacking
Encrypted storage
Encrypted storage attacks
Modern Key Management
Surveillance Countermeasures
Disguise
Dataveillance
Video surveillance, detection, and countermeasures
Software Security
Technical Surveillance & Countermeasures
Web 2.0 Crypto

I'd like to enlist some help in some of these - some ideas:

1) Hardware hackers - it'd be cool to build gadgets:
   Tracking beacons - modifying a depth finder to track RFID
   Wearable covert communications gear
   Voice activation circuits
   The LED anti-video-surveillance wearables
   Remote-activation circuits
   - cameras
   - other equipment
   - footswitches for hidden in-car communication devices

2) Hardware and software platforms:
   Alarm systems - see http://www.subspacefield.org/security/alarm_system/
   Voice recognition software
   Voice alteration software (asterisk, cell phones)
   Software radio - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Software_Radio_Peripheral
   Wearable and car computers for Sousveillance:
   - vuzix HUD - http://www.vuzix.com/
   - face recognition - http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~mann/
   - license plate recognition
   
3) Disguise (does anyone know someone good at this?):
   Cosmetics
   Wigs
   Fat suits
   Fake "bad teeth" (distracts from other memorable attributes)

4) Concealments:
   Briefcases
   Books
   Just about anything else

If anyone is interested in any of these projects, please shoot me an email off-list.
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