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Re:'Invasion of privacy': Hotel room inspection confuse hack... by strictnein on Monday August 12, 2024 @08:55PM (#41231089)
They've stated the reason: Vegas is the only true 24/7 city in the US.
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Re:'Invasion of privacy': Hotel room inspection confuse hack... by Arainach on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:03AM (#41232421)
You can get more things at more hours in NYC than Vegas.
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Re:'Invasion of privacy': Hotel room inspection confuse hack... by shiroiushi on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:21AM (#41232506)
Except hotel rooms. NYC is infamously short on hotel rooms these days, and what few they have are horrifically high-priced.

Why can't they just move these conferences out of the US? Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested at one of these Vegas hacker conventions, in case people have forgotten after all these years. There are many other countries where these conferences could be held, and where all this security BS isn't much of a factor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd.

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Re:'Invasion of privacy': Hotel room inspection confuse hack... by luch on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:03AM (#41233648)
there is a shit-ton of hacker cons outside of the US, the most famous one being the CCC (Chaos Computer Club Convention) in Leizpieg/Hamburg, Germany just before new year's eve.

You mention Dmitry Sklyarov but more recently Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) has been also arrested by the FBI following its appearance at Blackhat or Defcon

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Re:'Invasion of privacy': Hotel room inspection confuse hack... by hyperhopper on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:28AM (#41233786)
Nyc has a hard shutdown at 4am. By law. With most things shutting down at 12/2. Especially post-covid.

If you're going to make such a wild statement where the laws are against you any any Google search of hours is against you, you've got to give a much longer and in depth explanation.

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