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No good deed goes unpunished. But why is DefCon still in the US? I think the creators of the conference might want to seriously think about holding it somewhere
by mnm1 9y ago
No good deed goes unpunished. But why is DefCon still in the US? I think the creators of the conference might want to seriously think about holding it somewhere that isn't so hostile to pretty much everyone who attends.
- 893helios 9y agoYou mean like Defcon Beijing?
- mankash666 9y agoNo. Defcon Toronto
- avs733 9y agoDefcon Reykjavik? Bunch of hackers in hotsprings sounds like a party
- rapind 9y agoAt least then we don't have to worry about the FBI... just Bell and Rogers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14911330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14911330
- jdright 9y agoThis is surreal, no other words. Like NK.
- btbuildem 9y agoNo thanks, don't want Canada turning into the next US.
- sah2ed 9y agoMoving Defcon to Canada doesn't solve the issue if attendees have to get there via US airspace. Deplaning [0] is a real possibility. [0] https://news.vice.com/story/somali-canadian-forced-off-flight-from-toronto-to-paris-because-his-planes-route-was-through-u-s-airspace https://news.vice.com/story/somali-canadian-forced-off-fligh...
- satai 9y agoDefcon Prague?
- unethical_ban 9y agoFYI for those reading this, that's not a joke. Defcon actually seems to be hosting a con in Beijing in the near future.
- dsl 9y agoBecause Las Vegas is in the US. DC/BH are just an excuse for security people to get a company paid trip.
- CydeWeys 9y agoHaving just attended DEF CON, I can say that I didn't get that vibe at all. The people who were there were very serious about the whole point of it all. I got a lot of value out of it as well.
- chmike 9y agoIt looks like Berlin could be a better place for such type of event.
- CydeWeys 9y agoThe Chaos Communication Congress is already held annually in Germany, and is well-attended. There is absolutely an appetite for annual hacker/security conferences in the United States (and indeed we already have dozens that are held annually, of all sizes: DEF CON, BlackHat, B-Sides, SchmooCon, etc).
- csours 9y agoHaha, the ones that actually attended sessions are serious. The other guys just visit casinos and the pool and their boss pays for the trip.
- CydeWeys 9y agoThe sessions were all pretty much full. There were many, many people who were taking it seriously. I can't speak to how many people just goofed around the whole trip, as I wouldn't've seen them, but it seemed to be a minority.
- doktrin 9y agoProbably true for Blackhat, but I think you're way off the mark on Defcon. It's the highest quality conference I've ever attended, bar none.
- hueving 9y ago>But why is DefCon still in the US? Most of the attendees are US citizens. They will lose a lot if they move it. It's better to just host another one outside of the country (and I think there are already a bunch) for people that don't want to visit the US.
- oh_sigh 9y agoIt's not about his good deed, it's about the fact that he may have been involved with a bank scam Trojan in 2015