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Even though it is not that surprising in that we know it happens, it is a little surprising that you pay a large amount of money to attend something then you ,
by raesene9 8y ago
Even though it is not that surprising in that we know it happens, it is a little surprising that you pay a large amount of money to attend something then you , on top of that, are essentially having your data sold on.
It's one thing to attend a "free" event that makes a return by monetizing attendee data, and another to have an expensive event that does it.
One of the reasons I'm such a fan of BSides events which, generally, aren't expensive to attend and don't sell your data on.
(disclaimer - I've organized a couple of BSides events)
- ghaff 8y agoThe whole thing is a bit of a self-perpetuating racket. It doesn't do to squint too hard at the value delivered by participating when your job depends on not doing so. And a huge amount of mutual back-scratching goes on with sponsorships and other elements of these shows. I say this as someone who participates in all this regularly. I much prefer smaller and less overtly commercial events in general.