Hackers Find Missing People For Fun

Trace Labs brings together hackers from around the world to use their skills. to find real missing people. They've turned it into a game,. where participants findclues in exchange for points,. and it's working to help find them. The personbehind Trace Labs is Rob Sell,. a tracker for search and rescue,. and a computer security professional. Rob started Trace Labs. as a way to educate people. and get them involved in the process. of open-source intelligencegathering, or OSINT. Even seemingly trivialdata can be important in tracking someone down. Trace Labs takes the sameapproach to online searching,. finding little details abouta person's online activity can add up and help lead investigators to their current location. It's addressing allthose people that go missing. that nobody's looking for right now.. (sirens scream). (intense music). - [Narrator] Rob Sell is the founder of Trace Labs, a group that uses hackers to find people who have gone missing. He's also the owner of a security company, which helps people hack cars, voting machines, and other systems. He says Trace Labs aims to help people find the people they need to find, and to educate them about how to do it. The group is based in New York, but has offices in Washington, D.C., London, and San Francisco. It was founded by Rob Sell, who is also a tracker, and a security professional, and has worked with the FBI, the CIA, and the National Security Agency. He is also the creator of a website, TraceLabs.com, where people can find information on missing people and track them down. He also has a blog, where he talks about his work and his passion for tracking missing people, and how he uses his hacking skills to help others do the same. Rob Sell: "We take all that effort. and we put it into something. that's actually gonna benefit society.. Good morning, how are you doin'?. - [Student] How are you? - Not bad, Rob Sell. - Not good, Chris.. - [Nathalie] I have a fatherthat is missing since 1988. on Father's Day. (sighs) I was so upset.. I was trying to find him. There aren't enough resources. for the police to find everyone,. so people like Nathalie are left. to search for their missingpeople on their own.. But now a group called Trace Labs has stepped in. They look for missingperson, it's hackers.. I said, what?. I always wondered who islooking for those people. if I'm not?. And sometimes it's nobody.. (mysterious music) - [Rob] Trace Labsbecame really a blending. of those two passions, ofthose two passions,. Rob looks for little clues and details. that paint a bigger picture about a person's directionof travel, their speed,. or state of mind.. As participantsgather useful information,. they're awarded pointstowards winning prizes.. even seemingly trivial data can be crucial in tracking down someone. - Rob. Sell: 'We're addressing all those people that goes missing that nobody’s looking forright now,. that nobody else is looking for. That's what we're trying to do' - [Robert Sell, Trace Labs' - "We’re trying to help them find their loved ones, their friends, their family, their relatives, their neighbors, their communities, their work, and their friends" - [Chris] Sell: ‘We're helping people find their way back to the right place. We’ve got a lot of work to do, and we’ll get there in the future. We have a long way to go. We can’t just sit back and wait and wait for the right time. We want to help you to find your loved ones.’ - Chris Sell, founder and CEO of Trace Labs.