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The feds get uninvited: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/for-first-time-ever-feds-asked-to-sit-out-defcon-hacker-conference/ http://arstechnica.com/secur
by sdfjkl 13y ago
The feds get uninvited: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/for-first-time-ever-feds-asked-to-sit-out-defcon-hacker-conference/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/for-first-time-ever-...
- tptacek 13y agoAt Defcon, but not at Black Hat (the more important of the two), where Keith Alexander gave a keynote.
- makomk 13y agoNot just any keynote either, it was more or less pro-government propaganda, complete with pre-vetted questions from the audience.
- rdl 13y agoAlso happened during the sequester, and when GSA had recently gotten in trouble for Vegas boondoggles, so I think there was a reduction in interest/increase in cancellations, and this was both a cheap way to send a "message", and a face-saving way to help them cancel.