smagdali
Most recently, Stef spent 3.5 years as Head of Technical Programs at the Filecoin Foundation, with responsibility for security, UX, and funding initiatives across the Filecoin ecosystem, including supporting SEAL.
Prior to joining Filecoin Foundation, Stefan Magdalinski spent 30 years building internet companies and non-profits, as a CEO, COO and CTO, across multiple sectors in the UK, USA, Africa and Asia.
He is a founder of the Open Rights Group (https://openrightsgroup.org), and a veteran of the OG Crypto Wars in the UK. He is passionate about making the web work for the benefit of everybody, and worries about harms to consumers, above all.
Session
Home invasions and physical attacks to get crypto transfers are all too common, and have led to grim situations. With all the factors, passphrase and biometrics in the world, people remain susceptible to the rubber hose. This panel will discuss theories and practices for defending against a rubber hose attack, through deterrence, defenses and mitigations. We will start with the assumption that the goal is to preserve life and limb, and preventing or reversing token transfer is secondary, but how to get there, and be reasonably confident that it will not backfire, is hard.