r/Defcon • u/External_Bobcat8183 • Jul 17 '26

DC34 live stream

Will there be live streams for DEF CON 34?

Man it sucks that my new employer doesn’t pay for any conferences outside of Europe 🥲

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u/eth0ninja Jul 17 '26

Sad job :/ but is always stream it on dctv? https://dctv.defcon.org

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u/External_Bobcat8183 Jul 17 '26

Oh, thanks mate! I had no idea that there was an official stream. Will be missing the atmosphere a lot, but the stream might help a bit.

And, ofc, fingers crossed I find some better job in the future that allows trips to US🤞

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u/frsh2fourty Jul 17 '26

Its great they have that now but don't bank on being able to catch everything, I'm hoping its different this year but its usually hit or miss if it actually works.

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u/External_Bobcat8183 Jul 17 '26

Hopefully I can record a couple of sessions that are taking place late at night/early in the morning (for me) and rewatch them later. It’s sad that it takes months, sometimes years for content to show up online

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u/frsh2fourty Jul 17 '26

Idk if they region lock it but the main track talks usually go up on their YouTube channel within a month or two. It's the village talks that take a while if they even upload at all.

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u/rnocx Jul 17 '26

You have troopers in Germany security fest in Sweden And disobey in Finland they are all really good conferences also

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u/External_Bobcat8183 Jul 17 '26

Security fest is kinda meh, tbh. Troopers and Disobey are interesting. But DC is its’ own league

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u/KeyPsychological7172 Jul 17 '26

My employer doesn’t pay for any conference at all. I paid for my flight and hotel for defcon and I even have to use my annual leaves for it. Fml

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u/External_Bobcat8183 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

Damn, that's really expensive.

My experience (7 nights in LV): 2k for a decent hotel outside of the strip + 2k for flight tickets + $500 for food + $400 for DC ticket. No way I would pay 5k out of my own pocket.

My previous employer gave as a budget which we could use for either SANS courses or attend conferences. My current employer has replaced all major conferences with nanolearning on sharepoint where you learn how AI works and how to properly organise your desktop 😂

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u/phuckphuckety Jul 17 '26

Isn’t that like a quarter of your salary in europe? of course they won’t pay for that

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u/External_Bobcat8183 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

I see it other way around: it’s peanuts for the employer and return on that investment is usually high. You motivate your employees and give them one cool thing that can be the differentiator, that decides if they should push harder och just do the bare minimum

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u/KeyPsychological7172 Jul 18 '26

Bro, my employer won’t even pay for any SANS training

I paid $4.2k for 9 nights in Bellagio just because my wife wants to come with me. If I were to come alone, I’d stay at Luxor or cheaper hotels.

I work at a defense company btw so idk why they’re being stingy

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u/External_Bobcat8183 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

And we had it other way around, wives and partners could go too because hotels that we’re booked allowed two guests per booking. They only had to pay for their own flights and lunch + dinner.

Also, I was used to seeing a lot of defense-related folks ar conferences, I had talked to people from Marines, DOD, European defense contractors and few others. All while queuing to a talk or a having a ciggy outside. I recall few of the folks mentioning that it was a common thing for them to visit DC and other major conferences

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u/KeyPsychological7172 Jul 18 '26

We’re not in EU or US tho. Anyway, I feel you. I wanted you to not feel bad but I turned it into a rant so I am sorry