EVE | Devpost

Cast:

EVE is an eavesdropping (MITM) capability enabling:

The monitoring and/or manipulation of communications between consumers of services (sexual services in this use case) and the providers of such services
Collection of both human-provided and technical data to be aggregated in a customizable database that can be further leveraged operationally and analytically
Reduction of provider revenues via the consumption of advertisements, as well as the delay or disruption of in-person connections

Generated skimmed copy of advertisement from ALICE, substituting her originally-listed phone number with an EVE-controlled phone number for text chats
BOB views the skimmed ad and texts the EVE-controlled number
EVE receives BOB’s message and forwards to ALICE’s original phone number
ALICE receives message and sends a reply, which passes back through EVE again
Exchange produces both human-provided and technical data:
- Technical: IP Address, (possibly) geolocation, time of exchange (UTC)
- Human-provided (possibly): name/pseudonym, online handle, reported/requested location, description, service offered/requested, prices, “types”
EVE, via Elasticsearch, indexes message exchanges to collect identifying information for aggregation into a customized Angular dashboard
- Data such as IP address, approximate location, contact information, etc. is preserved in a searchable manner that both operators and analysts can leverage in their respective capacities
EVE’s intermediary position also makes possible, via IBM Watson and Elasticsearch, the manipulation of message exchanges to frustrate the Johns' efforts to connect in-person

Broaden application beyond sexual services sector to all sectors considered high-risk for human trafficking
Further customize data collection from message exchanges
Further leverage IBM Watson capabilities for enhanced detection and analysis of human trafficking indicators
Network and pattern analysis on aggregated data, to include geovisualization of locational data collected, possibly using HERE platform