One of my key takeaways from #hackersummercamp has been how quickly companies can move on a security flaw, that they previously felt wasn’t a priority, once the researcher gets a talk accepted at #BlackHat or #defcon.

It’s stupid that it works that way. But that’s capitalism for you. More important to protect the brand than it is the user or the data. . .

Despite my anxiety and other general issues with this trip to #hackersummercamp, I will say that #Defcon has definitely reinforced to me that I need to get back into learning mode. So many smart people doing interesting things. I gotta catch back up.

It’s also reinforced that I get overwhelmed and exhausted easier these days, especially in this heat and after this long of a trip. 🤣😂

The whole week is for folks with more stamina than I.

Badges picked up for #DEFCON33 tomorrow. Lots of people over there but it feels more manageable than Blackhat was. Iunno. Maybe that’s just optimism. We will find out tomorrow. Wish me luck.

The #eff badge is super rad.

Based on today’s anxiety attack (easily the worst I’ve had in the past 6 years), I won’t say coming out to summer camp was a bad idea, but I will say it was a hard lesson learned. 🤣😂

Let’s hope the poorly wired meat network that is my brain cooperates better the rest of the week!