LebGeeks

Padre

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DEFCON anyone ?

me and some friends are seriously considering going to vegas this year to attend DEFCON.
it will be held on July 31-August 2, 2009, at the Riviera Hotel and Casino.
anyone may consider joining ?

mir

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

looooooooool
estimated costs ?

I will go around in Vegas and meet you back when u are done with the conference  :lol:

I don't think i will be understanding half the talk that will be going there
ask denys and teo

Last edited by mir (February 28 2009)

Padre

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

aroudn 2'600 including hotel nights if u reserve soon and take a 7 nights package

samer

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

aroudn 2'600 including hotel nights if u reserve soon and take a 7 nights package

Including the two-way ticket?

Padre

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

yeah

but exluding defcon registration that should be around 100$

Last edited by Padre (February 28 2009)

Hybrid

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

and around $5K on the slots machine

Padre

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

slot machines ??? BlackJack FTW !

samer

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slot machines ??? BlackJack FTW !

Make sure not to count..

Padre

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it's not like the movies  if you get caught counting, they will ask the dealer to shuffle or leave the casino

Padre

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new ticket plans  2000 with hotels  (add 120$ for registration )

teodorgeorgiev

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

The real hackers/phreakers and so on stay away from such events like DEFCON. Since more than 15 years it is known as a "step into the trap", sponsored by the FEDs and (guess) - more feds lurking around than hackers. Indeed, two popular PHRACK mates were traced
exactly at DEFCON (FEDCON). Maybe it is different now, but who knows.

Padre

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it is true that it's being watched, still ... it's nice for the friends u meet there, the presentations and the contests  (and of course, the drinks and parties).

tich

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

What? hackerz have a life?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*Runs out screaming*
I better find something else to do then...hmm i think i'll stick to cracking for the moment....;)

beezer

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

I don't know about now, but I've went to a total of 3 DEFCON events a few years back and we've always enjoyed waiting for them to play Spot The Fed. This was a looooong time ago when it was just so simple to break into any real system and develop any kind of trojan or exploit. I remember Cult of Dead Cow releasing Back Orifice. Cyber Army having some level system on hacking different codes/security logins. All in all, it's great fun. I suggest anyone who's interested in computers to go. You meet a lot of people and can see upcoming things that you skipped on websites (we didn't have RSS back then). haha

Anyway. I suggest and hope you guys go.
I don't think it's $100 though. Especially now with the economic turmoil. It used to be $60 or something like that.

And if your budget is a total of $2600. That's pretty cool all by itself

beezer

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Oh. And you can count in Vegas mentally. It's not illegal. You just can't have any help outside of your brain.

proners

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Oh. And you can count in Vegas mentally. It's not illegal. You just can't have any help outside of your brain.

a photographic memory can help

Padre

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it's 120$ fee for the DefCon (you get a hackable badge and there is a contest about it )
CDCow releasing BO ... that must be quite some time ago  the spirit is pretty much the same and the Spot the Fed is still alive:D
Ticket is for 1600$ and room reservation is for 110$ a night.
Hope to see some of you there !

beezer

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Re: DEFCON anyone ?

It's $120!! DAAAAAAMN. They had the hacked badge challenge for a while, and it was never in the $100 range. That's crazy.
Wow...that would surely lure me away now. But there is that cool keyboard sniffer crap done through magnetic waves that I would like to see happen infront of me.

Padre

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interesting .... never heard of it tho.
i know u can monitor CRT through magnetic waves ... didn't know anything was available for keyboards.
as for the 120$ ... it's peanuts for the price we pay for the ticket and hotel reservation
if u can make it there and the 120$ is a bit lot for you, i dont mind sharing  (me may even have an extra bed in the hotel, let me know what happens )
we are even planning on joining the robot competition. seems not bad at all  it's improving year by year.

beezer

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Oh no, I'm not going. Don't have time to sorry. I was just relating the $120 to what it used to cost. That's a big increase.
Magnetic Wave Info: http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/keyboard/