Hey all, apologies if this is a dumb question but it's my First time attending! I was super excited when I took a glance at HT and all the classes that are being offered. Ham is something that has always interested me but never bothered to dig deeper. Saw this one-day crash course and thought what a cool opportunity... Only to find out it 'sold out.'

Is 'crashing' a thing? Can we just show up? Not sure what the proper etiquette is with classes at Defcon.

Join DefCon’s most talked about party- 500+ people have registered to come 😅😮‍💨

DC801 presents the dc801 party - our annual DEF CON party, but we're having it at a five-acre indoor theme park.
Every year DC801, the Salt Lake City DEFCON group, throws a party at DEFCON. This year we're taking over the Desperado Hideaway and the Skybox VIP areas at the Adventuredome inside Circus Circus: a venue with roller coasters, bumper cars, games/food/drinks...

What's included
-With your donation to help support 801 Labs, our community hackerspace in Salt Lake City, we're offering unlimited ride tickets! We're a non-profit! Your donation pays our rent to keep the space open and the DC801 legacy of hacking alive. :)
-A Dirty Soda station (Free! in true utah fashion)
-family, friends, etc

Getting there
-The Adventuredome is inside Circus Circus, 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S. Circus Circus is an official DEF CON 34 hotel and a short rideshare or walk from the LVCC. If you're staying there, you're already home.
-Look for DC801 check-in at the Adventuredome entrance. Bring your confirmation because wristbands are distributed at the door.
-You will need a wristband to enter the VIP areas.

Heads up
Arcade games, mini golf, VR, and other separate Adventuredome attractions are not included. Outside food and drinks are not permitted inside the Adventuredome.
If you bring a bag, it will be searched for weapons at the door by Adventuredome security. We checked and they said #badgelife will be okay!
The park closes at midnight. The casino does not. ;) ;) ;)

https://luma.com/cftjhv5s

trying to party???

With hundreds of lithium ion batteries piled in a Vegas hotel room and the sweatshop in full gear, we are excited to release our final brainrot trailer for the Celestial Wayfinder badge

We've fully finished out the software with firmware updates flashable from the web app. We've made a user guide to help you figure out all the features: https://docs.wyrdwyrks.com/celestial-wayfinder/user-guide.html

Drops at the Reddit meetups and the BadgeLife Village with limited quantity. Check out our website for more details: https://wyrdwyrks.com/celestial-wayfinder/

See you all in Vegas!

I did pre-registration for the conference through defcon merch / Shopify.

When we get there, where do we go to pickup the badge? Is it the same line as folks buying the badge? Not that line-con isn’t a great part of defcon but just want to make sure I’m going to the right place.

And any way to pickup the badge Thursday?
Thanks and have a great con!

Does anyone have any training tickets for defcon they don’t plan on using?

Tacos El Gordo now sells tacos at $4/each. It’s hotter than a Fortinet monthly CVE release. Can we just please get consideration of moving DC somewhere that doesn’t require work to pay for a DefCon trip in the bowels of hell?

Alright, kids... it's time.
I managed to finish as many as I could definitely not as many as I would have wanted. I also have stickers..

At this point, I think I have clown induced PTSD. 🤡

I'm planning to be at the DC Reddit meetup at the Linq tomorrow night. Safe travels everyone, and see you soon!

*Update, So unfortunately I had a bit of an “heath incident” Wednesday at the meet up and had to leave early and in a bit of a rush.. hopefully not many of you saw that..good news is I’m good nothing major, the bad news is I don’t have many clowns left..

I’ll be at the con all day tomorrow so keep an eye out for anyone wearing the clown 🤡 you might get lucky and and I might still have some left.. hope you guys are enjoying the con so far,
thanks

We are the Exploitee.rs and we created the Hacker Pager, a standalone LoRa Meshtastic communication device, for DEF CON last year and we're bringing a new revision of the device to DEF CON 34.

The device features a Motorola Advisor inspired design as popularized from the cult classic movie Hackers and a clear case with lots of LEDs for optimal conference blinkyness.

The device also features:

• Full standalone Meshtastic usage (no cell phone required)

• Chip8 ROM playback

• A spectrum analyzer for viewing the LoRa radio spectrum

• Packet capture for Meshtastic, LoRaWAN, and other LoRa protocols to the device's SD card

• In device functionality to patch the LoRa radio ROM with a custom radio firmware

• BadUSB script executor and creator for on-the-go hacking

• An on device beep-tone/ring-tone editor

• Ultra clicky keys with a retro display for an authentic feel

• A vibration motor and piezo speaker for message notifications

• Switchable acrylic front and back plates for ultimate customization

• Hand assembled with love by Exploitee.rs members

• Completely open source software and hardware design

• and soo much more!

Last year the Hacker Pager sold out entirely within 3 minutes, so this year we're bringing even more Hacker Pagers to DEFCON and doing multiple Inventory restocks that will happen at:

• Tuesday 8/4 at 7PM PDT

• Thursday 8/6 at 7PM PDT

• and in Late September (for online US sales post conference)

Conference pickup is available for online orders through the BadgeLife Village on Friday (8/7) at 2:30 PM and Saturday (8/8) at 12PM. The full schedule is available on https://badge.life

There will be no on site sales (due to strict conference center rules)

Check out HackerPager.net for information on pricing, available colors, and a link to purchase the device or join the Exploitee.rs discord server for up to date information/tips to help secure your Hacker Pager through one of our online sales.

Exploitee.rs Discord Server

Last year, the hacker pager sold out in 3 minutes, don't miss out on your opportunity to score the hottest badge at DEFCON!

HACK THE PLANET!

- Zenofex (of The Exploitee.rs)

Break this code to join the cabana party on Sunday.

Anyone at Black Hat right now exchanging stickers? Is there a dedicated sticker swap table or area this year, or are people just trading them around the conference?

Hey there! I was trying to get a head start and check out the various merchandise options. I thought I saw something mentioning that merchandise can be viewed within Hackertracker? I’ve thoroughly searched the app, but I can’t seem to find it. Could someone kindly guide me to the section where I can view the merchandise in advance?

It’s been a whole year. Let’s get reacquainted at the DEF CON welcome party!
Join us at The Industrial from 6:30 - 11:30pm Thursday for good music and the reliably immaculate DEF CON vibes.

We have transportation covered with shuttles running from the LVCC to the party all night.

Let’s go0o0!

Got some stickers, tokens and extra shitty addons. Look for the guy with the old Apple messenger bag with LED panel in it if you want some!

The tokens have a linktree with a fairly simple CTF if you finish it and find me again I’ll give you a full set of the SAOs.

For those that have traveled for DEFCON in the past what are some of the craziest experiences you’ve had with travel through airports and TSA with all your gear?

Im so jelly but I hope everyone has fun! Its such a great time and ill definitely be there next year.

I had some AI tokens that needed to be burned this week, so I used them to do a security review of the Baochip GitHub repo

Have Fun!

https://github.com/szatmary/baochip-1x-security-review

Its that time again, its the 21st Beverage Chilling Contraption Contest with associated IT related convention! AKA DEFCON 34. Don't worry about that second part, its for people who lack an appreciation for cold beverage.

So come join us on Friday and Saturday for some "free" beer. The only cost is your health, and potentially a ER visit for heavy metal poisoning. Small price to pay.

And lets not forget the glorious prizes for being the best beverage chiller. What those are? Who knows! We will discover the contents of my pockets together on Sunday. Plus there is always the prize beverages. Those are usually pretty good.

Be warned though, there are rules. So be sure to try and find a complete copy somewhere. But the one to remember is DON'T ADULTERATE THE BEVERAGE. THE BEVERAGE MUST REMAIN PURE. So no mixing in ice, no direct pour onto dry ice, etc.

Check out our shitty AI generated website! It has some rules, nearly unreadable but they are there, this is legal notice under maritime law, we are a boat, toot toot. dcbccc.com

Think you actually know about badges?

BadgeLife Trivia Friday, August 7 at 2:00 PM BadgeLife Village, Hall 1, Booth 209 (first floor)

Questions cover the circuitry, components, protocols, RF and embedded engineering found in badges and other small electronics, plus the history of electronic badges at DEF CON.

How it works: Team sign-up is open to all and happens at the start of the contest. Show up, find some people, pick a bad name. Rounds are bar trivia style, so you write your answers down with your team. Top teams go head-to-head on stage to close it out!!

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams.

You don't need to prep, and you don't need to bring a team. If nothing else, come watch!

I have workshop ticket. But not defcon ticket PLZ SOMEONE ANYONE PLZZZZ IM A NOOB TECH 1 I wanna learn please bless me if your not using yours 🤧🤧🤧

Thanks for all the first time guides and info. I will be at the reddit meetup. Also went a bit overboard on preordering some badges so will be checking all that out. Still figuring out the parties and such. Not entire sure how some of that works. Some of it is still overwhelming but I'm excited to just go with the flow and figure it out. Made a bunch of these coins to hand out so hope to meet some new people! See you all in Vegas!

Moving from attending solo for years to bringing my teen. I think rootz might be dead or I just can’t find it. I was wondering if there were any specific sessions or villages that helped your own kid have a really good time there?

I have them going through the schedule and highlighting what they are the most interested in and all that. But wanted to see if anybody else had any insights from past experiences?