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posted by martyb on Monday August 06 2018, @01:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the do-you-speak-geek? dept.

Like other migrating beasts, hackers travel huge distances for feeding, breeding, and breaking things every summer -- at Defcon in Las Vegas. The way they move about the city is driven primarily by the availability of free booze at corporate parties or the convenience of air-conditioned infosec habitats; the heat makes them torpid. As such, everyone takes taxis, Ubers, and Lyfts everywhere, day and night.

The mostly-male migration forgoes the braggadocio of colorful plumage as seen in avian species. Instead, they establish social dominance and attract attention of potential mates and recruiters by bragging. Thus, according to my taxi-related experiences while covering the conference over the years, Las Vegas car drivers overhear way more of infosec's boasting and swagger than they probably should.

Ferrying hackers and feds during "hacker summer camp" has got to be a dream gig for a spy. How could it not be? Spying on hackers is usually more trouble than it's worth. Thanks to Uber and Lyft's gig economy it's much easier. No union, no problem (for them at least).

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/03/when-your-uber-driver-is-a-spy/


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by archfeld on Monday August 06 2018, @05:04AM (2 children)

    by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Monday August 06 2018, @05:04AM (#717747) Journal

    Loose lips sink ships. Seems simple enough. If someone isn't disciplined enough to NOT brag in public about 'secret stuff' then perhaps they shouldn't have security clearance or access to secret stuff. Next news flash...Selfies in top secret labs are a bad thing.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday August 06 2018, @03:37PM

    by Freeman (732) on Monday August 06 2018, @03:37PM (#717871) Journal

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/moron-terrorist-leads-u-s-troops-isis-hq-selfie-article-1.2247912 [nydailynews.com]

    Social Media, best way to blow a secret. Also, best way to get your identity stolen: https://xkcd.com/1977/ [xkcd.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 07 2018, @02:44PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 07 2018, @02:44PM (#718263) Journal

    But your honor! I wasn't bragging about secret stuff, I was merely tweeting.

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