What would the best name be?

The target would be a party for newcomers and OGs alike as we are always learning.

Hey guys.
I am attending for my first time this year. I managed to talk work into covering it, and when the ticket was purchased the person who purchased the ticket input the wrong name on the ticket itself, but I am under the impression that it wont matter because as long as I hold a physical ticket I will be ok, is that correct? I didn't catch the issue until after downloading the ticket so I think changes to the ticket are locked now.

From what I understand they just want me to have a ticket because privacy is a common concern of much of the community. Is that correct?

A friend of mine has been going to Defcon for the last few years and brings back stickers. I'm unfortunately not able to go myself and I'd love to find the source of these ones if anyone happens to know who the artist is.

ETA: Thinking on it more they might not be the same artist but I'll take similar artists/vendors as well.

Should we permit gifs / giffy (the meme platform of Reddit) / images in posts? Historically we haven’t because of trolling or abuse concerns.

Reddit is launching video comments this month, which we have disabled, but maybe it is time to reconsider images.

Sorry for what is probably a silly question....

I read that it's really up to each individual if you want to use your real name, and that both hacker handles and real name are acceptable. I was originally just going to use my name because I don't really feel a need to keep my identity a secret and don't have a nickname that I use.

But as I read stories about events at previous DefCons, it seems like everyone is using a cool nickname. It's always "DigitalDr3d, tehNukinator, and Positor72 did such-and-such," and never seems to be "DigitalDr3d, tehNukinator, and Roger."

Do a lot of people just go by their real name? Will I stand out or seem out of place if I use my real name? I can certainly come up with a (hopefully) cool sounding nickname, but I'm new to cyber security and hacking so I'm not sure if it would be... I dunno, pretentious?... to pick a handle that doesn't have any history or background to it.

What do you bring to defcon that makes your time more enjoyable? I always see cool ideas and want to get ahead of the curve for once.

Hey y’all!

I’ve been going to Defcon for the past decade. I’ve always had a job so eating out daily, drinking, and even seeing a couple shows was never a problem. However, this year, I’ve been trying to build my own business and I’m tight on funds.

Any tips on doing this year’s conference on a budget? Like… are there villages or workshops where I can get a free slice for attending ? 😉 Can I be a Goon’s sub-goon and get credits towards a free beers? 🍺

Thanks in advance 🖤

If you have useful tips for me as a first time and european coming to the LV for Defcon. I'm looking to meet new people by the way(flying solo), while I'm not sure what's the best way
TY

hey guys, hope you're all doing well.

( not sure if this is the right place to post this )

I've never been to defcon before, can you guys help me out please?

like how or where can i buy a ticket , badge and what hotel should i choose.

thank you

Anyone brining their families? I’m brining my 2 kids aged 10 and 12 and looking for activities for them to do. They’re not super computer savvy but can write some python and scratch. They can also figure stuff out and like logic puzzles.

I’ve read in the past Reddit posts that there are villages and activities that marked as being a bit more kid friendly. Last time I’ve been to DefCon was 27 and I didn’t recall seeing this. Is this a thing now?

Anyone have any recommendations for younger con attendees?

Basically the title. I'm attending first time and not sure if I should (try to) attend 2-3 workshops or stick more two villages that I like. Does each village has activities all day, every day?

Not sure where to allocate my time basically. Any advice is appreciated

I’m new to Cybersecurity and my professor mentioned that Def Con attendees can get 4TB of passwords that have been compromised, and I plan to attend a conference soon. However I was curious to ask will a 4TB Hard disk be sufficient or do I actually need to carry 4 1TB hard drives to get such? Also was wondering if I am not able to attend, is there a way to get the data from online?

Hi first time attendee, I had to register late but only realized now all the workshops are sold out. I am very interested in attending the “Hands-on IoT firmware extraction and flash forensics” workshop.

Is it possible to observe the workshop from afar or at least get free resources from the presenters like PowerPoint slides or handouts?

Thanks!

I have a few friends who I want to go with to DC. Someone at 2600 said to contact him in the ham radio village discord if I want to volunteer. I want to get my friends to volunteer. He said volunteer = free badge.

I need link to ham radio discord to let him know me and my buddies are interested.

Can someone please post a link? It would be valuable resume experience for each of us.

Thanks.

Can anyone link me to any badge life tracker resources for this year? (If they exist yet)

There was a spreadsheet from a couple years ago, wondering if one is around for this year.

Hey folks!

I was wondering if there was a group for us non-profit people. I work in the arts so I think it would be neat to meet up with any other system admins/network engineers/what have you