Valiant didn’t go to Las Vegas expecting to find belonging. He went to DEF CON (the world’s most infamous hacker conference) armed with stickers, a mic, and a healthy dose of paranoia. What he found was something else entirely.
This isn’t your typical conference recap. It’s a raw, unfiltered, and occasionally absurd field report from the front lines of hacker culture. From TSA misadventures and social engineering sleight-of-hand to vishing competitions, AI villages, and many a drink, this is the story of how a n00b stumbled into a world he didn’t know he was already part of.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like inside DEF CON, or what happens when a marketing director who is charged-and-synced with the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson goes full gonzo in the name of cybersecurity, this one’s for you.
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