Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast Hacker Summer Camp 2023
Aug 15, 2023
Gray Fox, a DEF CON patron and longtime attendee, joins in-person to share on-the-ground moments. He talks about BSides highlights, pool party networking, and linecon culture at DEF CON. Conversations touch on Veilid’s launch, Voting Village debates, Hackasat’s space CTF challenges, and late-night trivia and parties.
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Family Vacation Turned Conference Warmup
- Kerry Parker combined a family vacation with conference attendance, bringing his two 21-year-old daughters to Las Vegas before Hacker Summer Camp.
- He used the trip to see shows like Cirque du Soleil and Piff the Magic Dragon, then transitioned into the conference week without missing key events and interviews.
Enable Apple Lockdown Mode For High Risk Events
- Do enable Lockdown Mode on Apple devices when entering high-risk environments to harden your MacBook and iPhone quickly.
- Kerry found it easy to activate via Settings → Security, required a restart, and caused no noticeable issues during DEF CON.
First Look At Veilid Decentralized Messaging
- Kerry attended the cult of the dead cow announcement for Veilid, a decentralized privacy platform pitched as Tor+IPFS like infrastructure.
- He downloaded the open source code, noted Python demos, and plans to experiment with hosting a Veilid server.
