photos, acquired through FOIA Sandvik was an early developer of the
Tor anonymity network, a cooperative facility that helps individuals obfuscate the
Internet Protocol information they are using to access the
Internet. Sandvik is a technical advisor to the
Freedom of the Press Foundation and serves on the review board of
Black Hat Europe. Sandvik interviewed
Edward Snowden in May 2014. In February 2015 Sandvik documented her efforts to retrieve information about herself through
Freedom of Information Act requests. Sandvik led efforts to make
The New York Times a
Tor Onion service, allowing
Times employees and readers to access the newspaper's site in ways that impede intrusive government monitoring.
Hacking of smart rifles Sandvik, and her husband, Michael Auger, demonstrated how smart rifles with remote access can be remotely hacked. The $13,000
TrackingPoint sniper rifle is equipped with an embedded linux computer. According to
Wired magazine, when used according to its specifications, the aiming computer can enable a novice to hit remote targets that would otherwise require a skilled marksman. However the manufacturers designed the aiming computer with
WiFi capabilities, so the shooter could upload video of their shots. Sandvik and Auger found they could initiate a
Unix shell command line interpreter, and use it to alter parameters the aiming computer relies on, so that it will always miss its targets. They found that a knowledgeable hacker could use the shell to acquire
root access. Acquiring root access allowed an interloper to erase all the aiming computer's software—"
bricking" the aiming computer. ==Personal life==