Despite embracing the government, DEF CON maintains its mischievous hacker roots

Raucous applause filled the the large convention room inside Las Vegas's Paris casino: the government had arrived.

Seated behind a table at the annual DEF CON conference in Las Vegas was Congressman Ted Lieu, and, joined by Rep. James Langevin of Rhode Island, he had come to ask a large crowd of hackers and security professionals for help. The once famously Fed-averse crowd was loving it. 

But don't get it twisted — DEF CON hadn't gone soft. The mischievous and lawless side of this assemblage of the hacker community was out in full effect – assuming, that is, you knew where to look.  Read more...

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