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I applaud Jeff's (DarkTangent) stance on this. I've been to 7 Defcons now and the Feds have always been treated fairly. Even the media has been treated with r

I applaud Jeff's (DarkTangent) stance on this. I've been to 7 Defcons now and the Feds have always been treated fairly. Even the media has been treated with respect, so long as they are transparent and honest about being media [1]. Honesty and openness have been betrayed this year with the Snowden leaks, and I'm glad people are finally taking a stand. I'm curious other security conventions will take the same stance. [1] One year a reporter disguised herself as an attendee instead of admitting she was a reporter, and was attempting to get hackers on record saying that they've hacked into <this> and <that> important system. She was found out and summarily chased (literally) out the convention.

EthanHeilman 13y ago
I'm extremely impressed with DarkTangent, this must have been a difficult move for him to make, especially given that the NSA Director(DernZa) was the keynote speaker at the last defcon. He is probably getting a mountain range of shit right now from the feds. " Over the past two decades, hackers at Defcon and the feds have been circling each other suspiciously. The nation's top "spook" -- National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander -- giving a keynote at the hacker confab, shows just how much tensions have mellowed." http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57481689-83/nsa-director-finally-greets-defcon-hackers/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57481689-83/nsa-director-fi... Things don't look so mellow anymore.
- mcantelon 13y ago
  >He is probably getting a mountain range of shit right now from the feds. I doubt it. It's just PR. Defcon will invite the feds back once everything blows over, PRISM or not.
  - marshray 13y ago
    DT is famous for cultivating controversy for PR. AIUI, in the past Defcon has orchestrate [big company's] lawyers literally walking on stage to shut down a vulnerability disclosure talk.

EthanHeilman 13y ago

I'm extremely impressed with DarkTangent, this must have been a difficult move for him to make, especially given that the NSA Director(DernZa) was the keynote speaker at the last defcon. He is probably getting a mountain range of shit right now from the feds. " Over the past two decades, hackers at Defcon and the feds have been circling each other suspiciously. The nation's top "spook" -- National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander -- giving a keynote at the hacker confab, shows just how much tensions have mellowed." http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57481689-83/nsa-director-finally-greets-defcon-hackers/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57481689-83/nsa-director-fi... Things don't look so mellow anymore.

mcantelon 13y ago
>He is probably getting a mountain range of shit right now from the feds. I doubt it. It's just PR. Defcon will invite the feds back once everything blows over, PRISM or not.
- marshray 13y ago
  DT is famous for cultivating controversy for PR. AIUI, in the past Defcon has orchestrate [big company's] lawyers literally walking on stage to shut down a vulnerability disclosure talk.