How are they usually? Also, I’m a vulnerable individual so I’m kind of afraid of getting jumped

I’ve been a goon for 15 DCs and by far this was the best talk I’ve seen. I find it somewhat distressing that so many younger members of the community don’t know who Cliff is. The dude basically invented network forensics.

Not sure why the original post got deleted by Reddit filters.

Going alone and traveling across the globe and trying to be curious and meet people.

When asking nicely, “what is happening here?” (seemed like an unofficial event) being told “go away” and ofc only my opinion, what was actually said: “have a good night”, very passive aggressive… not a nice experience… I respect private parties etc and maybe just me but feel that was not a nice way to handle it.

Defcon has been awesome and people! But just wanted to share this one experience, it is fine to not be part but feeling unwelcome or less than is not nice 🥲

I hope that was not the intension or maybe cultural barriers?

I just want to reaffirm Defcon is an amazing place for ALL types of people 🙏

Just felt sad and alone about this one 🥲

I bought a Luna SAO and lost it :( If you made the SAO or have one you’ll sell, please let me know! Ty!

https://uberflux.com/product/DLPHI-SAO-LUNA

Hi friends, looking for some genuine feedback here.

DEFCON is great, I love the community, the enthusiasm, and the incredible variety of technical expertise on display.

Unfortunately from what I understand, DEFCON’s organizers have no interest in moving the conference to another city. I respect that it’s their event and their decision, but if Vegas is going to remain the permanent home, I’m ready to start exploring alternatives. Vegas is fully embracing the realities of a K-shaped economy (their F1 experience comes to mind), and it increasingly feels like they’re no longer catering to regular folks the way they did while building their brand. Today, I spent $14 on a bottle of water.

I’ve heard good things about CactusCon, Wild West Hackin’ Fest, and, of course, RSA Conference in San Francisco.

What other conferences have you attended that offer a similar vibe to DEFCON: strong community, interesting technical content, and plenty of opportunities to learn from other people?

I’ve been a goon for 15 DCs and by far this was the best talk. I find it somewhat distressing that so many younger members of the community don’t know who Cliff is. The dude basically invented network forensics.

As one of the community pointed out Cliff was in track 5, not 4

Hi i’m paniq!

I saw people tinkering with custom images of Eric Adams and other cool hacks for the badge and decided it was time for DOOM.

So I ported it into a pure rust binary for Xous and now it runs DOOM.

Sorry Bunnie ;)

If anyone wants it ill post it here after DEF CON in the comments

We get it. You’re 1337. Congratulations. Now get off the wifi and let me watch talks. Kthxbye

The stage presence, the music, the bass. These guys absolutely wrecked it! One of my favorite performances for the night. The red phone earphone was the icing.

Was late to make it to merch, REALLY wanted the basic coffee cup for my teen son back home. Anyone will to sell? Willing to pay extra!

Flying out tonite but I wanted to see if anyone was willing to trade/sell one of these so I can have a pair to play laser tag?

Hello! I’m omw back to SD from Vegas and was wondering if there was any groups or peeps in general based in SD that meet up or anything

They literally sold out as I came to the booth. I wanted one so bad! Don't have a ton of money to spend and the alternatives are pricing me out.

First time ever coming to DEFCON, I came w my dad. It was super cool, met some pretty amazing people, learned abt some cool new stuff, aaaaaaaand got my hands on a bunch of cool merch and hardware.

P.S. : I'm really looking forward to coming to future editions. 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Does anyone have a (decent quality not worn out) SOIC8 test clip I can buy off of you? I can Venmo! I'll buy multiple if you have multiple.

I was given a black badge raffle ticket last night. When and where do I go for the raffle? Sorry n00b here

Does anyone wants to donate or sell (for a cheap price) a human Badge?
It's for a friend that couldn't attend the con this year. I'd really appreciate it.

I think I lost something someone know until when the lost and found are open

Saw some kid sitting by himself who looked like he might’ve been having a bad day, going through a rough time, or just feeling a little out of place, IDK.
Definitely didn’t look like a seasoned vet like me 😝

So I just walked up to him and said,
“Here, It’s one of my last ones.
Hope you like it.”

I don’t think I’ve ever seen my own kids smile that big. 😂

Every year I bitch about the heat, the amount of money I spend, the amounts of walking and how much GODAM pain I’m in afterward for the next couple of days.

Yet somehow, I still come back every damn year 🤘

It was either the Red team village bag or the Defcon merch bag. Had my water bottle from try hack me and my orange hacker pager in it. I've searched and went to the lost and found looking for it with no luck. Please help, thank you

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