Mathematician, Computer Scientist, & Systems Engineer making the world a better place with homebrew booze and electronic bling.
Zapp
Has been writing software since age 8. Eventually making a career in developing for Java systems. He has since been promoted away from they keyboard and his life is now MS Office and meetings.
Didn’t know how to solder before DC23 .
Arduino was his gateway drug - all 15 projects of the starter kit in a few days.
Defcon Badges
Official badge has a deep puzzle - other badges filled with goo and mechanical.
Becomes part of the culture.
And!xor - is unique - most people are hacking badges. Way more to their badges. Ways to hack between badges.
Hack everything from cryptography, cars, voting machines, bluetooth, lock picking villages, people will teach you if you’re willing to learn. Social engineering is a big village
Villages - way bigger than booths 2k sf each, have their own badges, demos, hands on events, IoT village
20K - 30K
Defcon for newbies - don’t bring a phone, no wireless, bluetooth, no photos. Just go, have fun and learn. Cash only.