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DEF CON
DEF CON is the world's largest annual
hacker convention, held every year in
Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in
June 1993. DEF CON is renowned for the "arcane arts" of drinking,
socializing, debugging, and crowd control. The Def Con Goons organize, maintain control, and run
the show.
Many of the attendees at DEF CONs include computer security professionals,
"crackers", and hackers with a general interest in computer code and computer
architecture. The event consists of several tracks of speakers about computer
and hacking related subjects, as well as social events and contests in
everything from creating the longest Wi-Fi connection
and cracking computer systems to most effectively cooling a beer in the Nevada
heat. The current venue is the Alexis Park resort-hotel, which is completely
taken over by attendees during the event.
DEF CON has been the host of many interesting events since its beginning, but
the most infamous is perhaps the arrest of Russian programmer
Dmitry Sklyarov on July 16, 2001 for having shown how to decrypt Adobe's eBook
format.
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