1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,120 Good morning, everyone. 2 00:00:04,460 --> 00:00:05,880 You're all really asleep still. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:06,560 Let's try that again. 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:07,800 Good morning, everyone. 5 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,040 All right, that's better. 6 00:00:11,260 --> 00:00:12,460 Welcome to Roots. 7 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:14,500 This is the seventh annual. 8 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:16,480 Seven years. 9 00:00:20,140 --> 00:00:24,200 Now, at one time, DEF CON, the main event out there, was this small. 10 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:25,640 It was actually smaller. 11 00:00:25,820 --> 00:00:27,140 It started with 13 people. 12 00:00:27,980 --> 00:00:32,040 So, you can imagine, one day, Roots will also be as big as DEF CON out there. 13 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:35,140 So, you guys are really the founding, the beginning generations of this. 14 00:00:36,460 --> 00:00:38,880 So, have any of you been here for all seven? 15 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:40,100 Anyone? 16 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:40,820 Raise your hand. 17 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:42,860 A few. 18 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:43,660 A few of you. 19 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:44,780 All right. 20 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,200 And how many of you, is this your first time to Roots? 21 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:48,860 All right. 22 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:49,600 Wow. 23 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:50,400 Welcome. 24 00:00:51,260 --> 00:00:56,400 And did anyone travel from outside of the United States to get here? 25 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:56,920 Anyone? 26 00:00:57,140 --> 00:00:57,500 Wow. 27 00:00:57,780 --> 00:00:58,300 All right. 28 00:00:58,360 --> 00:00:59,220 Welcome, you guys. 29 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:00,080 Thanks so much. 30 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:08,240 So, we like to, we're really proud about Roots because we think it's one of the most diverse 31 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,540 technology programs in the world, if you look around the room. 32 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:15,900 So, how many of you identify with being a boy? 33 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:17,160 Raise your hand. 34 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:18,880 Raise it high. 35 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:20,260 All right. 36 00:01:20,420 --> 00:01:22,340 And how many of you identify with being a girl? 37 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:24,100 Yeah. 38 00:01:24,220 --> 00:01:26,840 So, we're about almost equal here again this year. 39 00:01:27,140 --> 00:01:27,640 It's really unique. 40 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,320 Thanks, everyone, so much for coming. 41 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,520 We have a great lineup today. 42 00:01:32,180 --> 00:01:34,860 I'm going to teach you lots of different types of hacking. 43 00:01:36,220 --> 00:01:40,920 And along those lines, I've got Kurt here with us from the EFF. 44 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:44,840 Because what's really important to remember is the honor code. 45 00:01:45,020 --> 00:01:48,820 So, Kurt's going to talk a little bit about the honor code with learning how to hack and 46 00:01:48,820 --> 00:01:50,300 how to keep everyone out of trouble here. 47 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,880 So, I'll let Kurt come up. 48 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:54,000 All right. 49 00:01:54,020 --> 00:01:54,440 Thank you. 50 00:01:54,460 --> 00:01:55,040 Thank you, everybody. 51 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,100 It's so great to be back here. 52 00:01:57,100 --> 00:01:57,540 Thank you. 53 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,020 And, you know, I've come here, you know, since the beginning of Roots. 54 00:02:02,020 --> 00:02:05,940 And it's just great to see more and more people each year doing awesome and cool things. 55 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:11,360 What is really awesome about this is that you're out here, you're learning that the 56 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,560 world presented to you is not the world that you have to live in, that you can take something 57 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:21,620 apart, see how it works, put it back together again, that a lock is maybe a delay but not 58 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:22,080 a barrier. 59 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,640 So, you can do all sorts of things. 60 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:26,620 You're learning superpowers here. 61 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:31,120 But part of that, as well, is with great power comes great responsibility. 62 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:37,200 And so, we're trying to teach people not only to do these things but to do it for good and try 63 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,360 and make the world a better place. 64 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,520 That's what I try and do. 65 00:02:39,580 --> 00:02:41,080 I work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 66 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,700 It's a nonprofit civil, thank you, nonprofit civil liberties organization. 67 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:51,100 And we try to help the people in the security research community be able to do their research, 68 00:02:51,340 --> 00:02:56,320 figure things out, find out about vulnerabilities, disclose them, all without getting into trouble 69 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,080 so they can get out of trouble. 70 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,100 They can use their powers for good. 71 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,920 So, yeah, I want to talk a little bit about the honor code here. 72 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:05,400 So, we have a, it's a pretty short, simple one. 73 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:06,740 You can see it over on the sign there. 74 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,900 And, you want to pull that up here? 75 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:11,160 We've got the honor code. 76 00:03:12,060 --> 00:03:13,920 So, it's about remembering the values. 77 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,600 Do not hack anything you need. 78 00:03:16,740 --> 00:03:19,840 Okay, that's a good one because you might break it, you know. 79 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:23,400 If you take something apart, sometimes it doesn't go back together again very well. 80 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:24,860 You'll learn something in the process. 81 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,040 It's a cool thing to do. 82 00:03:26,140 --> 00:03:27,060 Even if it doesn't work. 83 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,840 It doesn't end up working, but you might break it. 84 00:03:30,020 --> 00:03:31,220 Respect the rights of others. 85 00:03:31,340 --> 00:03:34,920 That's something you should do throughout your lives, but especially in the hacking 86 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,280 context. 87 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:36,840 So, you can hack on your own things. 88 00:03:37,020 --> 00:03:40,500 You can ask somebody if you can hack on their things, but don't just hack on somebody's 89 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:42,620 things without asking them, without being cool about it. 90 00:03:44,180 --> 00:03:45,600 Know the law and the consequences. 91 00:03:45,940 --> 00:03:48,500 Well, there's a lot of laws out there about hacking. 92 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:51,620 This is a lot of what we do at EFF is advise them about the laws. 93 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:56,960 But, a lot of it boils down to putting law around some of these concepts, doing things 94 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:03,660 with permission, doing things that are breaking things that you own or that you have permission 95 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:04,380 of the owner on. 96 00:04:05,860 --> 00:04:07,080 Find a safe playground. 97 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:07,960 Well, you're in one. 98 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,420 This is a great safe playground. 99 00:04:09,660 --> 00:04:11,780 You can learn these things with excellent advice. 100 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:13,860 You can learn how to solder. 101 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:15,340 You can learn how to capture the flag. 102 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,240 And this is a safe space to do it. 103 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:19,240 You can make some mistakes and learn from them. 104 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,840 And then you can take these skills out there and use them to make a better world. 105 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,080 Oh, and only do good. 106 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:26,260 Of course. 107 00:04:26,660 --> 00:04:27,060 Thank you. 108 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:28,340 Thank you very much. 109 00:04:28,540 --> 00:04:28,900 All right. 110 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:29,480 Thank you, Curt. 111 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:38,240 So, if anyone has any more questions about legalities of what you're doing, the EFF has 112 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,020 a booth in the vendor area and Curt will also be around here and we're happy to answer any 113 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:43,780 questions for you. 114 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:45,080 It's really the only way you'll know. 115 00:04:46,140 --> 00:04:48,420 But everything we're doing in here is legal already. 116 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,580 So, you don't have to worry about any of the workstations or anything like that. 117 00:04:52,980 --> 00:04:56,800 One other rule is don't take pictures of anyone. 118 00:04:57,580 --> 00:04:57,900 Okay? 119 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,380 So, is it okay if I take a selfie? 120 00:05:01,780 --> 00:05:03,100 I have a picture with all you guys. 121 00:05:03,260 --> 00:05:03,740 Is that okay? 122 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:04,980 Can I do that? 123 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:05,920 All right. 124 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,100 With York and I, this is my co-founder, York, here. 125 00:05:08,220 --> 00:05:09,500 So, we're going to do a selfie here. 126 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:10,440 All right. 127 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,080 Can I take one picture of all you guys now? 128 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:19,820 Awesome. 129 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:20,840 What a great group. 130 00:05:21,060 --> 00:05:21,900 So, that's what you do. 131 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,980 You always ask and then if someone doesn't want a picture taken, you just put your head 132 00:05:24,980 --> 00:05:25,200 down. 133 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:25,500 Okay? 134 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:27,100 All right. 135 00:05:28,460 --> 00:05:32,520 So, with that, did you not put your head down? 136 00:05:33,780 --> 00:05:35,960 You said no, but did you put your head down? 137 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:36,760 Okay. 138 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:37,720 I'm going to erase the picture. 139 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:38,600 Okay. 140 00:05:38,740 --> 00:05:40,220 So, let's do that again. 141 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,920 So, if you don't want to be in the picture, then I deleted it. 142 00:05:45,020 --> 00:05:45,200 Okay? 143 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,080 Okay. 144 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,420 So, if you don't want to be in the picture, then just turn the other way. 145 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:50,480 Or, like, you've got a hat on. 146 00:05:51,140 --> 00:05:53,540 I wear sunglasses to stay out of pictures myself. 147 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:54,600 Okay. 148 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,000 So, we're going to try it again right now. 149 00:05:56,060 --> 00:05:56,780 Oh, it's letting me do it again. 150 00:05:56,780 --> 00:05:56,800 All right. 151 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:57,540 I'm going to do a pano. 152 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,240 I'll do that. 153 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:02,720 All right. 154 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:04,660 Thank you, everybody. 155 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,760 And with that, I would like to introduce my very hardworking co-founder, York. 156 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:12,860 Hey, guys. 157 00:06:14,060 --> 00:06:15,940 So good to see familiar faces. 158 00:06:16,180 --> 00:06:18,280 It's even more exciting to see new faces. 159 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,180 You guys are going to learn and have so much fun. 160 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,380 Remember, respect each other. 161 00:06:23,580 --> 00:06:24,720 Teach each other. 162 00:06:24,820 --> 00:06:25,160 Right? 163 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:30,940 That's why we're here, and that's why we love running Roots, because everybody teaches each 164 00:06:30,940 --> 00:06:31,220 other. 165 00:06:31,820 --> 00:06:36,900 Just really quickly, we're going to have some talks in the morning, right, for the first 166 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:41,800 hour and a half or so, and then we're going to do all workstations this afternoon, so 167 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,600 you won't have to listen to anybody talking to you. 168 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,400 I want to really give a big shout out to our sponsors. 169 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,020 Without them, we couldn't do this. 170 00:06:49,260 --> 00:06:53,240 So AT&T, who's in the corner, thank you so much for everything you've done. 171 00:06:53,820 --> 00:06:55,140 They've been with us since the beginning. 172 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,120 Huge shout out to Facebook, who's running the Capture the Flag event. 173 00:07:00,260 --> 00:07:01,740 Thank you, Facebook, so much. 174 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,880 We also have Logitech, who's going to be giving everybody a free web camera. 175 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:10,780 They're going to teach us how to hack it, so thank you, Logitech. 176 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:14,260 Big thank you to Wicker. 177 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:15,760 There's no one here. 178 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:22,960 Well, she's kind of here, so thank you, Nico and Wicker, and also All Clear ID, who's been 179 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,320 with us since the very beginning. 180 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,900 So we appreciate all the sponsors, and thanks again, everybody, for showing up. 181 00:07:29,660 --> 00:07:35,080 And with that, I believe the first talk is Lauren. 182 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:43,200 All right, so we've got a new Master of Ceremonies this year that will be taking the stage over 183 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,760 from now on and introducing all the speakers, Lauren. 184 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:54,300 Our first talk will be by AltaVault.com. 185 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:55,060 We're going to start with Lauren, who's going to show us how to hack on the Roots badge. 186 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,020 And Eric. 187 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,020 Hi, I'm AltaVault. 188 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:10,020 This year, we are doing the soldering and coating stations over there. 189 00:08:10,220 --> 00:08:15,360 So you'll get to solder the Roots Black Badge, and what this is, is after you're done soldering 190 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,860 this, you can play Paper, Rock, Scissors, but what's cooler is that you can actually 191 00:08:18,860 --> 00:08:19,520 hack with these. 192 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:24,300 So we have a coating station where you can actually learn how to hack TVs, to, you know, 193 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,720 actually putting a piezo element on there to make sounds. 194 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:33,860 It's a great prank to actually set this in someone's, like, under their bed, so when 195 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:36,120 they're trying to sleep, it'll beep and it'll bug them. 196 00:08:36,420 --> 00:08:38,320 So there's a lot of fun things you can do with these. 197 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:46,020 We're also giving out prizes for the top winners, so if you're hacking these badges and have 198 00:08:46,020 --> 00:08:50,680 a lot of fun with it, you could try to get as much points as possible to win prizes every 199 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:50,960 day. 200 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,040 Good morning, everyone. 201 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:54,300 Good morning, everyone. 202 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:55,960 I'm also known as Stainless Steel Rat. 203 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,360 I'll be one of the people working the soldering station. 204 00:08:58,820 --> 00:09:02,680 We're going to ask for your patience with us as we get things up and running. 205 00:09:02,780 --> 00:09:04,600 We have about 16 soldering stations. 206 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,480 We are asking that today you only solder your badges. 207 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,560 We only have a couple of things to do to get you up and running with your badge, but we 208 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:16,120 want to get everyone up and running with their badges so they can begin to program them and 209 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,960 hack them, and then tomorrow we're going to do more other things other than just the badges. 210 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,280 So again, today we'd like to just get only badges. 211 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:30,360 If you get other projects from one of the other vendors here, that's great, but please 212 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,700 wait until Sunday, Saturday or Sunday to do that. 213 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:35,960 Other than that, is there anything else? 214 00:09:37,540 --> 00:09:43,600 And also in the coding section, we do have labs on how to do brute forcing, so definitely 215 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,720 check out all of the fun labs that we have. 216 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:46,740 Thanks, guys.