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UCoD at Defcon 17

The room is booked, the plane ticket bought. Are you ready yet?

"Spot the Fed" Will be easy this year!!!

Dark Tangent, Jeff Moss, was among the 16 individuals named to the Homeland Security Advisory Council??? Moss, 39, said: I know there is a new found emphasis on cyber-security and they’re looking to diversify the members and to have alternative viewpoints. I think they needed a skeptical outsider’s view because that has been missing … There will be more cyber announcements in coming weeks and once that happens my role will become more clear. Some of you may know that Dark Tangent is one of the founders of Defcon and used to own Black Hat (until 2005). I think this may change the dynamic of the game, “Spot the Fed” which is played every year during the con. I am not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but I do wonder how it will change the dynamic of the event. Knowing the drive and the amount of energy he puts into the event, I have no doubt he will fill his role, reporting directly to Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the exuberance we have come to expect from him. Outstanding job Jeff, I look forward to seeing you this year and congratulating you personally. This is clearly an achievement to be admired.

EFF What is it?

Here we are, fast approaching the largest gathering of Hackers (Both Good and Bad) that meet every year. (defcon 17) You have heard me talk about these events over the years and maybe have seen Mikey, Bex, myself and the rest gang at event in a video on You Tube. I want to go on record as saying, it wasn't very well rehearsed, in as much as it was all ad lib. There are much better projects to come out of the community. The best, in my opinion, is not the one I came to talk to you about today. You see Mikey out at the EFF dunk tank on that one. That one was made by Wynn's daughter, known as "Hackers are People Too" and goes a long way to explaining the mindset of those in attendance. Well, for those of you going, it is time to book the rooms at the riv. See the Defcon site for dates, rates and decorum. That said, I didn't want to talk about that so much either... I wanted to plug the EFF and give you some insight into the mind of a hacker with out the skew of the media and/or some of Hollywood's productions would want you to believe. I wanted to, unabashedly, plug the EFF! For those of you that wont actually be at the event, this video can detail more about the eff and what they are than I could after an entire day of explaining.

I give you the product of google talks featuring Danny O'Brien and Jason Schultz.

TeamSpeak is back

TeamSpeak is now up and running on all three domains. Just point your client at the default port on ucod.com and enjoy drama free tech conversation.

Hackers Are People Too!

Hackers Are People Too was released at Defcon 16. It was awesome to watch it with 8000 of my closest friends. Http://hackersarepeopletoo.com has your sneak peak. Support Wynn's daughter.