Keven Hendricks, a Crypto and Dark Web investigations expert, discusses adapting to the changing crypto landscape, taking down criminals on the dark web, privacy in crypto, tools for security, tracing crypto transactions, Monero, Tor, privacy tokens, secure messaging apps, comparison of Android and iOS security, Tor and Tails for privacy, and the evolution of intelligence techniques in the digital era.
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Kevin's Career Start
Kevin Hendricks chose law enforcement over archaeology after college due to personal crossroads and family background.
He was pushed into cyber crime work after being mistaken for computer-savvy because of his electronic dance music hobby.
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Crypto Is Pseudonymous Not Anonymous
Criminals still use Bitcoin heavily despite privacy misconceptions because blockchain transactions are auditable.
Cryptocurrency offers pseudonymity, not full anonymity, making investigative tracing possible.
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Building Crypto Narcotics Expertise
Kevin worked under a federal agency focusing on narcotics sales on the dark web, building frameworks virtually solo at first.
He collaborated internationally, learning quickly about new privacy coins like Monero for investigations.
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Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics Podcast! This week we are talking to Keven Hendricks, an expert and pioneer in Crypto and Dark Web investigations. Keven is the founder of Ubivis, a project dedicated to combatting the spread of narcotics using the dark web. He has worked previously under the FBI and DEA, taking part in various task forces. We discussed adapting to the changing crypto landscape, taking down criminals operating on the dark web, privacy in crypto, the tools he uses to keep himself secure and much more.
3:54 - Being part of an anti-online exploitation task force
6:17 - How Kevin began specialising in cryptocurrencies
10:03 - Working with federal and international organisations, adapting to the changing crypto landscape and participating in the take down of illicit marketplaces
15:24 - Where adversaries on the dark web slip up
18:34 - How criminals using cryptocurrencies cash out
22:02 - Cryptocurrency ATMs
24:44 - Monero and other privacy centric cryptocurrencies
29:07 - Using privacy centric crytocurrencies
31:56 - What is TOR?
36:09 - Disscusing Torndao Cash
44:14 - Most private and secure messaging apps
47:25 - Which mobile OS is more secure?
50:00 - Recommendations for tools similar to TOR and TailsOS
52:09 - Advice for conducting investigations into crypto and the dark web
55:32 - Cultural recommendations
57:22 - Final thoughts and the increasing relevancy of cryptocurrencies
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