] The bill has been finalised for DEFCON, the largest ] hacker gathering in the world, which kicks off this ] weekend. In between frightening the locals, strong-arming ] the one-arm bandits and defacing each other's websites ] conference delegates can look forward to an interesting ] array of talks. ] ] Highlights include a session on quantum hacking, a ] presentation about cracking the CIA's Kryptos ] Sculpture (an artwork containing encoded messages which ] lives in a courtyard at CIA Headquarters) and another on ] home-brew mind machines (is Professor Charles Xavier in ] attendance?). Whoo, my Kryptos talk is listed as one of the highlights of Def Con? I am astonishingly flattered. :) The Register: Vegas braces for DEFCON |