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> ...a hundred Chromebooks were set up... I haven't been to any DEF CON events. Is hacking from a Chromebook normal? What's the reason they don't let you use y
by binkHN 3y ago
> ...a hundred Chromebooks were set up...
I haven't been to any DEF CON events. Is hacking from a Chromebook normal? What's the reason they don't let you use your own device?
- antupis 3y agoCall me paranoid but I would want bring my own device to defcon.
- agrajag 3y agoIf you’re paranoid the worst thing to bring is a personal phone. The best thing would be a burner with nothing on it. I’d be okay using someone else’s chromebook though, at least you know what data you’re giving it.
- TheSpiceIsLife 3y agoThat’s going to get you flagged as willing and able to burn phones, a behaviour often associated with people who have reasons to burn phones.
- porkbeer 3y agoLike the security conscious type that would attend defcon? Bringing a burner phone is the norm.
- Ekaros 3y agoAnd if you are going to DEFCON you are likely to be tagged in a few databases anyway. At least if they can identify your attendance. If I was running CIA, NSA and not named ones. I certainly would collect that information.
- antupis 3y agoyup and mainly for recruitment purposes.
- dumpsterdiver 3y agoYeah, it kind of just shows good judgement in that particular scenario. Flag away.
- sneak 3y agoIt's Las Vegas. People bring personal devices every day of the year and many of us who attend DEFCON are here year round. If you wouldn't bring your own device to DEFCON, you shouldn't bring it to any airport.
- max51 3y agothis event had nothing to do with "hacking". Getting a LLM to answer wrong on a math question is something you could do from any device. If the goal is to get a LLM to output something the dev don't want you to, all you need is langage. You don't need any fancy tools, just a clever phrase to make the model think it's ok to say XYZ because they are saying it in the context of a very artsy greek theater play. I can't believe a professional "hacker" would think they hacked the system when they get a LLM to output a credit card number. FFS, that thing is literally designed to make shit up to fill text based on context. It's LANGAGE model, not a "credit card number with high spending limit" model.