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That’s the founder of DEFCON and Black Hat.
"someone".
Dan Kaminsky has died
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#152Dan answered earnestly and generously to some uninformed questions I emailed him at random one day.
He was a good man. My condolences to his friends and family.
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#153How old was he? Any cause out yet?
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#154It feels wrong to upvote a story of somebody dying. How about such stories are pinned and don't have to be voted on to stay on the front page, at least for a couple of days?
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#155I hope when I die people care
Isn't affecting that outcome, for good or ill - the primary work product of our lives?
What else can we do?
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#156His final tweet: https://twitter.com/dakami/status/1383978072655818753
Technically this was his final tweet:
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#157The fact that we aren't told what he died of is beyond suspicious! If he died of cancer why not tell so? If he had a heart attack why keep it secret??
An accident? Sad yes, but no reason for "please don't speculate"
Without jumping to conclusions - how much would it cost to hire a private investigator?
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#158Let us take a moment to slow down and think about how fragile life really is. Dan was a bright person and loved by many. The value he added to this world will not be forgotten and let us take comfort in the fact that some of us had the great fortune of meeting him.
Rest in peace Dan.
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#159It's so sad to lose Dan. I met him back in 2008, I think it was, at a Barcamp in L.A. I was lucky enough to precede his talk, and he was gracious enough to sit through mine. He was a blast to talk to and to learn from. Even his questions were educational.
For me, he was one of my earliest examples of what a hacker was and should be. I aspire to his level of curiosity, openness, and kindness, and he'll be missed.
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#160Kind, generous, warm, infectiously enthusiastic, and always curious. I have long held kindness and curiosity as the highest of virtues and that's what comes to mind when I think of Dan, together with a crushing sadness at what we have lost.
This is a lovely moment I captured of Dan having a good time. I like 0:29 in particular, and wanted to share it with you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jRaetW7k0