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We live in a sad world when hotel room searches are normal and accepted.
I am not part of the DEFCON community, but every year I hear about warrantless searches, equipment seized art the border and hacker arrests. I wonder why anyone, not least security researchers, would take the risk of going there. Just so as you guys know, we have conference facilities in Europe...
Had a room visit. The two security guys were friendly in that weird way where they're all smiley and talkative, but completely ignore anything you say. Weird stuff. Oh, and they made fun of how much I paid for room service, which is weird because it's overpriced to help pay their salaries... shrug I get the why of what they're doing, but they didn't look through anything, so if I was planning something I could have h…
DEFCON was at Bally's and Paris for two or three years two or three years ago. The theory a few of us have is the Caesar's Palace people were looking for soldering equipment (that might damage their tables) and that Caesar's doesn't care as much if there is damage to their less prestigious properties.
We live in a sad world when hotel room searches are normal and accepted.
I am not part of the DEFCON community, but every year I hear about warrantless searches, equipment seized art the border and hacker arrests. I wonder why anyone, not least security researchers, would take the risk of going there. Just so as you guys know, we have conference facilities in Europe...
If it makes you feel any better, a year or two ago DEFCON started a second location not in the United States! They chose... China.
Rather than the Las Vegas attack, I’d rather expect DEFCON to be hurt by the arrest of Marcus Hutchins. Surely it should have given cold feet to some of the most interesting guests and speakers.
We live in a sad world when hotel room searches are normal and accepted.
They don't make any sense. Anyone planning something will now anticipate this. It only discourages honest people from staying in a traditional hotel. You can either relax in an air-bnb or worry about the hotel service demanding entry to your room (while being reminded of horrific mass shootings).
We live in a sad world when hotel room searches are normal and accepted.
Surely this is at the very least a breah of privacy, and possibly a warrantless search? A hotel room, while occupied by a paying customer, should be treated as private property.
I am not part of the DEFCON community, but every year I hear about warrantless searches, equipment seized art the border and hacker arrests. I wonder why anyone, not least security researchers, would take the risk of going there. Just so as you guys know, we have conference facilities in Europe...
If it makes you feel any better, a year or two ago DEFCON started a second location not in the United States! They chose... China.