NSA director finally greets Defcon hackers

Re:NSA director finally greets Defcon hackers by olalonde on Saturday July 28, 2012 @03:19AM (#4304964)

Back in the days, there was actually a game called "Spot the Fed".

> Basically the contest goes like this: If you see some shady MIB (Men in Black) earphone penny loafer sunglass wearing Clint Eastwood to live and die in LA type lurking about, point him out. Just get my attention and claim out loud you think you have spotted a fed. The people around at the time will then (I bet) start to discuss the possibility of whether or not a real fed has been spotted. Once enough people have decided that a fed has been spotted, and the Identified Fed (I.F.) has had a say, and informal vote takes place, and if enough people think it's a true fed, or fed wanna-be, or other nefarious style character, you win a "I spotted the fed!" shirt, and the I.F. gets an "I am the fed!" shirt.

http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-13/dc13-spotthefed.html

edit: Oops, should have read the article first, it is mentioned there :/

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Re:NSA director finally greets Defcon hackers by kaybe on Saturday July 28, 2012 @06:02AM (#4305201)

Doesn't that make posing as a fed a game as well? It should up your false positive rate.

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Re:NSA director finally greets Defcon hackers by hobin on Saturday July 28, 2012 @08:14AM (#4305361)

Yup, that's part of the game.

(Shameless advertising: go to DEF CON. Seriously. It's more fun than Disneyland!)

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Re:NSA director finally greets Defcon hackers by unimpressive on Saturday July 28, 2012 @08:38AM (#4305404)

>It's more fun than Disneyland!

That's not a high bar to clear when Disneyland is so congested that you can't get on all of the rides.

(Or any without waiting an eternity in line.)

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