2025-10-24 –, Talk 1
Most organizations that deploy surveillance / safety technology don't actually know what they're putting on their networks exactly. i got curious about one specific device i had found in my high school's network.
when i finally got my hands on one, it raised bigger questions then i expected,
not just about the software or hardware. but about how widely it had been deployed without much scrutiny.
Sharing the research publicly showed me just how much people were questioning it, both inside and outside the security community.
what really surprised me was realizing how tightly knit the Portland Infosec community is, and how many people helped me along this journey.
in this talk, I'll share that story. from the initial discovery, to the struggles, and reflections.
Rey is an 18-year-old security researcher who started out finding bugs and holes in websites at 15. He began attending local infosec meetups in Portland, Oregon—like RainSec and PDX2600—soaking up everything he could. After stumbling across a creepy surveillance device at his high school, he drifted into hardware security and reverse engineering. He’s determined to keep learning and digging deeper.