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I was at this conference yesterday. The keynote was Kevin Mitnick giving step by step demos on how to steal gmail session cookies and clone prox access cards, b

• bonestamp2 7y ago
  That's crazy -- nothing should be out of bounds when trying to understand security for the purpose of improving security. It would be like trying to reduce unplanned pregnancies while not sharing information about how women get pregnant.
• LinuxBender 7y ago
  Given how trivial it is to set up anonymous shares, I can not fathom why discussion would be restricted. Step 1. Create a file sharing mechanism. (http / https / sftp / rsyncd / nntp(s) / smtp(s) / whatever) Step 2. Start Tor. Step 3. Share link.
  • angry_octet 7y ago
    You might have heard of Snowden? The CIA whistleblower on soliciting electoral interference from Ukraine? These are hot topics in the US Govt, and having a talk about whistleblower technologies at an ASD/ACSC sponsored talk was obviously seen as too touchy by some 1/2/3 star at ASD. They obviously don't understand the Streisand effect though, because it was completely hamfisted. They should have just arranged to schedule a bunch of other interesting talks at the same time, or put them late in the day in a small and distant meeting room during the cocktail hour. Amateurs.