It seems to me that if I were to go, I should take the following
precautions.
Don't bring my cell phone. Find a pay phone.
While at the event keep my credit card in a steel container such as an
altoids tin.
Bring cash just in case the altoids tin is not enough.
Take notes using paper and pencil.
On 04/19/2013 06:45 AM, Stephen wrote:
sounds like there are allot of people that attend to be a jerk to
others... sheesh...
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Lisa Kachold <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Laugh!
If you take that Ubuntu install to DefCon and connect to the
network there, every place you connect with/to authenticate
to/with will be endangered. All of the sites you visit
irregardless of protocol (encryption) will provide login/password
and URL to others listening and MITM'ing. A VPN is your only
partial protection (depending on what your using - no PPTP and
easily encroached router firmware). Just do DefCon,there is
enough to do, write about and learn while there. If you must
work, get a room across town (in a cheap fleabag and drive over)
although i*t should be noted that ANY protection you would make
for DefCon needs to be made EVERYWHERE or you risk pwnership. *
Someone brought a huge demagnetizer to DefCon 6, carrying it
around in their backpack; everyone was stranded since they
couldn't pay for their hotel or food, taxi's as about 800 cards
were wiped.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Phil Waclawski
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I already know not to bring your regular cell phone, and bring
a "burn" phone instead, and I'm bringing a laptop that will be
a fresh kubuntu install, locked down etc with nothing on it
that I care about.
Is there any reasonably secure way to use the internet at
defcon, or is that a pipe dream? I personally had just figured
to use the laptop for offline work (some blender training
etc), but I am curious.
Also, I will have to use my credit card to pay for the hotel,
but that will be the only time I use it (I plan on using cash
as much as possible at the event). Thankfully my credit card
does not have rfid, but that doesn't make it less vulnerable
to shoulder surfing and other problems (fake card readers etc).
So, I've had a bit of advice from Chris Lewis, but I'm curious
as to what others think ;)
Phil Waclawski
MCC CIS Faculty
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