I'm Attending Defcon this August, advice?

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On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Phil Waclawski
<phil.waclawski at mesacc.edu>wrote:

> I already know not to bring your regular cell phone, and bring a "burn"
> phone instead, and I'm bringing a laptop that will be a fresh kubuntu
> install, locked down etc with nothing on it that I care about.
>
> Is there any reasonably secure way to use the internet at defcon, or is
> that a pipe dream? I personally had just figured to use the laptop for
> offline work (some blender training etc), but I am curious.
>
> Also, I will have to use my credit card to pay for the hotel, but that
> will be the only time I use it (I plan on using cash as much as possible at
> the event). Thankfully my credit card does not have rfid, but that doesn't
> make it less vulnerable to shoulder surfing and other problems (fake card
> readers etc).
>
> So, I've had a bit of advice from Chris Lewis, but I'm curious as to what
> others think ;)
>
> Phil Waclawski
> MCC CIS Faculty
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