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Regional conferences like bsides, but the punk/counterculture vibe of early defcon is lost to time and will never be back. Cybersecurity is a big industry now.

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Sad but true. It’s as if the last ounce of hacker authenticity died with Kevin.

I think hacker authenticity lives on, but not in the form of a massive con that has become a pop culture event.

We're living in a golden age of burgeoning counter cultures. It's just never easy to see in the moment.

It used to be, but maybe I'm old.

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