Saw this on mozilla.org today: Well played Mozilla. Also, if you don’t know why you should be using Firefox, check out The Mozilla Foundation. Google is trying to turn you into a product they sell to pretty evil corporate/government interests. Mozilla is trying to make a free and open web. Just sayin..
I recently came across this article. The basic argument is that the tech industry, while increasingly using the terms like “commons” “town hall” and “community center”, is in practice creating more spaces cut off from the public for employee use only. The disappearing commons is not a problem caused by the tech industry. The tech … [Read more…]
Welcome to part 4. Bellow is all the webpages and what was on them. The Program ———– The first few paragraphs of the badge page on the program were actually the lyrics to the song “Tradition” from the musical Fiddler On The Roof with some words changed to make it sound like it was talking … [Read more…]
Floor Puzzles =================== Clock Face ————— The symbols are Rod Numerals ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_rods#Rod_numerals ) turned sideways every other digit. When converted to letters reads: defcon, 21, keyword, orrery which leads to: https://www.defcon.org/1o57/dc21/orrery Skull Puzzle —————— The symbols on the skull puzzle are actually from another “Chain of Death” cipher from The Shadow http://www.nku.edu/~christensen/section%205%20symbols.pdf You read it … [Read more…]
Posters: ================= There are 7 posters with cipher text. 4 labeled with numbers that when converted from dec to ascii are labeled J, A, C, and K, and three with key holes. Numbered Posters ———————– – 74 “J” (Social Engineering Village): VEVMRUBLFDZMGGLYVORVEV LMVLUGSVQZXPHWLVHMGYVO (can be decoded with atbash) => EVENIFYOUWANTTOBELIEVE ONEOFTHEJACKSDOESNTBEL – 65 “A” (Wireless … [Read more…]
I was in one of two teams that completed the Defcon Badge Challenge this year. In part one of this walkthrough I’ll provide solutions for the Lanyard and the Badges. Part 2 will have the Posters. Enjoy! Lanyards: ================= All four lanyards laid out have a bass clef and then a series of dots that … [Read more…]
After a The Mayor of oakland appologized publicaly for promoting a lockpicking class in her newsletter, I would encourage everyone to remember one of the many legit uses of the skill…. What follows are yelp reviews of locksmiths 1. “These mother fuckers should burn in hell. Quit scamming people. You’d make more money actually being … [Read more…]
Just as relevant today as it was in 1996. This is a Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, … [Read more…]
What follows is a list of “hacker movies” in no particular order. — War Games (1983) A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. — Hackers (1995) A young boy is arrested by the US Secret … [Read more…]