tedxiasi. bogdan alecu

Mobile technologythe good, the bad and the ugly

Bogdan ALECU

25.05.2013

Who am I?

• Independent security researcher

• Sysadmin

• Passionate about security, specially when it’s related to mobile devices, CISSP, CEH, CISA,CCSP

• #infosec conferences: DeepSec, DefCamp, EUSecWest

Interconnected world

The good (1)

The good (1)

Internet everywhere

The good (1)

Internet everywhere

The bad

Quick demo

The bad

Everything is closed

Industry is NOT user oriented

The ugly

It’s all about the money, money, money Law is optional

No value added services

They will become just a carrier

The ugly

The good (2)

The good (2)

The good (2)NETWORK

BUSY

The good (2)

The good (2)The problem (emergency situation):

No emergency calls People are unable to communicate It takes a lot of time to get a mobile site

up and running No way of knowing the number of people

that need help and their location

The good (2)What if…

PHONE COMPUTER

The good (2)

The good (2)

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The good (2) Collaboration of a great community

Open Source Hardware

Open Source Software

The good (2)

Proof of concept demo

The good (2)The problem (emergency situation):

Emergency calls available People can now communicate Mobile site setup: 2 minutes Get traffic info and find the phone’s

approximate location

THANK YOU ALL!

Bogdan Alecu