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Feds always attend in plain clothes so this effectively does nothing. I also wonder if a Fed only means investigative or law enforcement type Feds or also inclu
by welder 13y ago
Feds always attend in plain clothes so this effectively does nothing. I also wonder if a Fed only means investigative or law enforcement type Feds or also includes federally employed IT peoples.
- iamtherockstar 13y agoLast year they had Gen. Keith Alexander, NSA chief. There are usually a handful of talks by "feds". I wonder if their talk schedule has gotten messed up because of this.
- tippytop 13y agoI don't think the intention is to create a moat around the conference. Things have been getting quite cozy between these two [1]; I'm sure recent revelations don't play well with this conference's attendee base. [1] https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9229756/NSA_chief_asks_hackers_at_Defcon_for_help_securing_cyberspace https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9229756/NSA_chief_as...
- mcantelon 13y agoA moat "this year" until it's safe for them, PR-wise, to work at legitimizing the feds again.
- majelix 13y agoPerhaps this is why this bothers me: the Feds don't need any help from Defcon. If anything, it's the other way around.
- chris_mahan 13y agoMaybe it should be renamed FedCon.
- btipling 13y agoiamtherockstar you are hellbanned. Your comment appears as dead. I tell you because you made an informative comment. Looks like it happened about a month ago.
- CyberDroiD 13y agothanks for the info noob! quit bothering people.
- nitrogen 13y agoI think I accidentally upvoted this comment when my phone's browser glitched. Meant to downvote.