[bonzoesc]

I think doing it in a place where people will (eventually) figure it out helps. Hav fun at someone's expense, but get the genie out of the bottle and in front of the public a bit faster so we know it can be done and get it fixed.

Some of my friends bring burner/throwaway/blank phones to Defcon, and this is why.

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I agree with the fact that doing it at Defcon is ten times better than doing it at, say, LeWeb.

But I question the overall value of this activity for the society, compared to other things.

[bonzoesc]

I guess not everyone is as altruistic as you, dedicating their time to societally useful things like talking about intercepting cell phone communications on HN.

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Touche.

Commenting is indeed a time sink.

I'll try to do it less. Thanks.