Tom Cross and Greg Conti: How to Defend Yourself in a World of Digital Deception
A DEF CON 32 talk on how the internet has evolved into a global engine of disinformation — from narrative manipulation to technical false flags, forged digital artifacts, and fake online personas.
The speakers break down the principles of effective deception and show how to invert them into defensive strategies: recognizing manipulation, detecting distortion, verifying sources, and countering our own cognitive biases.
The speakers break down the principles of effective deception and show how to invert them into defensive strategies: recognizing manipulation, detecting distortion, verifying sources, and countering our own cognitive biases.