BEST OF HACKER NEWS · 50 TALKS
This ranked list contains 50 Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime talks from a 144-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include #HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd, NSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report, and Frank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at Google. The broader topic archive has 937 labeled comments across 2010–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.
Browse Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime by recent HN mention · How the top talks list is ranked
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2013–2024.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2014–2019.
8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2012–2019.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Hacker culture & free software; the recorded mentions span 2011–2026.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2015–2020.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Hacker culture & free software; the recorded mentions span 2012–2026.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2016–2021.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2014–2023.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2013–2017.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2017–2022.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2019–2020.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Hacker culture & free software; the recorded mentions span 2011–2018.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2024–2024.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2015–2024.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2015–2021.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2016–2019.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2020–2022.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.