I've attended the past 7 defcons, and I'm starting to feel like it's losing its magic. The first defcon I went to (defcon 3) had a crowd that was much more focused on doing meaningful hacking (some ethical, some otherwise) in the field...it seems like now it's a bunch of 20 year olds who think they're hackers because they know how to reprogram their mac address on their linux labtop.
Maybe I'm just getting old, but it feels like the good old days are passing me by.
Yup, I gave up on this year. Last year's Defcon was kind of crappy. Sure I met up with my friends, we went to some talks, met some people. But Vegas is such an armpit, and there were way too many people there for the wrong reasons.
I think I'm going to check out some of the smaller conferences that haven't gotten so much press.
This was my first DefCon and I entered it not with the intention of learning anything (because frankly, everything that is given in the talks have been talked about on forums months before during the previous year), but with the intention of meeting as many people as possible. I just sifted through the crowd, found the sane people, got e-mails, websites, business cards, and went on my way. On the party nights, every night rather:), just hungout with them and we talked technology. I have to say I learned a
it sure is. I've been at the past 5. It sucks more and more each year. It's still always good to go to vegas and meet old and new friends and drink a lot of stuff.
The first defcon I went to (defcon 3) had a crowd that was much more focused on doing meaningful hacking (some ethical, some otherwise) in the field...it seems like now it's a bunch of 20 year olds who think they're hackers because they know how to reprogram their mac address on their linux labtop.
What do you expect from an 80 dollar conference?
As much as I hate the concept of $1000+ conference fees, it really does help keep out much of the riff-raff.
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Maybe I'm just getting old, but it feels like the good old days are passing me by.
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I think I'm going to check out some of the smaller conferences that haven't gotten so much press.
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As much as I hate the concept of $1000+ conference fees, it really does help keep out much of the riff-raff.