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The Las Vegas Sphere was powered down during the recent DEFCON conference. Nothing was officially stated, but it was rumored they didn’t want to risk anything

by s5300 3y ago

The Las Vegas Sphere was powered down during the recent DEFCON conference. Nothing was officially stated, but it was rumored they didn’t want to risk anything like this happening.

tpmx 3y ago
Has anyone modelled the most obvious content onto that largest hemispherical LED display in the world?
- jprd 3y ago
  Yep! https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sphere_eye_1-924x615.jpg https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2023/07...
  - tpmx 3y ago
    You read my mind! I feel like they could have done a better job at faking a depth map though.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - ceejayoz 3y ago
    They should hook this up to flight data for the nearby airport. Have it watch the incoming planes.
birdyrooster 3y ago
I was there and watched it display scenes before during and after DEFCON. One of my extended online friendlies started a goof post on Reddit with a $300 reward. There were so many people who claimed they could hack it or would hack it this year and.. no one did.
- avery17 3y ago
  Knowing casinos, it's pretty likely that they actually have good security.
- WrtCdEvrydy 3y ago
  You can't hack a dumb power switch (or what I assume is a giant breaker)
  - hyperhopper 3y ago
    Yes you can. It's called turning it back on. Getting there is the challenge, but it's not as if defcon is only about digital security
    - LordShredda 3y ago
      My grandfather owns an RSA decryption tool. He calls it a wrench
      - lb1lf 3y ago
        Pedantically speaking, that's more of a key extraction tool than a decryption tool as such. Most efficient, though.
- s5300 3y ago
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