State of Cybercrime

CreepDetector - Detecting Stalkers with Wardriving

Episode Summary

What can you learn from the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals coming from smartphones and other wireless devices? If you're hacker Alex Lynd, you can use it to detect when someone is following you. We talk about his creep detector project, which uses wardriving data to find when a wireless device is following him while skateboarding, and what it's like to design hacking tools in highschool.

Episode Notes

Alex's Website: http://alexlynd.com

Check out the Creep Detector Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug9dHwm3h0s

Alex Lynd's Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexlynd

Check out Alex's GitHub: https://github.com/AlexLynd

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