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Nick Reese provides expert analysis on how ordinary smartphone applications are being weaponized for surveillance and propaganda in modern conflict zones. He emphasizes that the mass collection of consumer data, ranging from dating apps to religious platforms, now provides state and non-state actors with unprecedented tools for precision targeting and psychological warfare.

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How phone apps become tools of war

WRITTEN WORK

Publications and authored pieces

Nick writes across trade publications, academic journals, and his own Substack. His SpaceNews body of work represents one of the most concentrated expert voices on space critical infrastructure policy. Here is a selection of his work.

SpaceNews - Dedicated Author Page

9+ published pieces on space critical infrastructure, cislunar policy, space rescue, and disinformation in space incident response.

SPACE NEWS

CAPCO INSTITUTE

AFCEA SIGNAL

Stellar Deception: Disinformation's Threat to Effective Space Incident Response

How disinformation campaigns could undermine coordinated response to space-based incidents.

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Municipal Data Engines: Community Privacy and Homeland Security

Space assets could be held ransom. Will we have any choice but to pay?

The intersection of smart city data infrastructure, community privacy, and national security risk.

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The ransomware threat to space infrastructure and why existing response frameworks fall short.

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PRESS AND MEDIA QUOTES

Where journalist come for expert perspective

Nick is a go-to source for reporters covering the national security implications of emerging technology, from AI policy to cybersecurity incidents to space critical infrastructure.

Wired

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Associated Press

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Fox News

A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI

Iran Steps Up Cyber Attacks on US

CNBC

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The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making

Elon Musk Points Finger at Ukraine for Cyber Attack on X

Business Insider

How a Trump or Harris presidency could impact the future of AI

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The Independent

Why the Signal chat leak might have exposed a big legal problem for Trump administration

PRESS AND MEDIA QUOTES

14+ Episodes across leading shows

Nick appears regularly on podcasts covering national security, emerging technology, cybersecurity, and audit and risk.

ALL THINGS INTERNAL AUDIT

Quantum is Coming for Your Encryption. Now What?

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

SIMPLY TRADE PODCAST

Zero Sum Game? Developing a Winning Approach to Privacy and Security in an Age of Zero Trust

New Strategies to Secure Ports from Cyber Attacks

INSTITUTE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

INFORMATION SECURITY MAGAZINE

RISKGAMING PODCAST

How Quantum Computers Could Break the Internet

Unpacking Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order

The how and why of the most successful supply-chain attack in history

MEDIA INQUIRIES

Available for expert commentary

Nick is a responsive and prepared source for journalists and producers covering AI, quantum computing, space policy, cybersecurity, and national security. He brings the perspective of someone who has been inside the institutions and on the front lines of the issues he is asked to explain.

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