Consider your prey

if what you hunt is possibly smarter, more capable, or better-informed than you, it may be a good idea not to hunt it.

honestly, Defcon is just about the last place i would try to gatecrash. this is the sort of venue that attracts curious, capable, relentlessly inquisitive, and probably quite intelligent people. they're likely to be self-taught critical thinkers (the US educational system sure doesn't teach that), and they probably like to push limits, legal, technical, or whatever.

in conclusion, i think this was very unwise (well, just about the dumbest thing i've heard all year, actually). i wonder what her credit history, and her life in general, will be like for the next year or so. i'm sure there will be some at Defcon with an axe to grind, and they are the sort to grind it, too.

such foolishness may well attract retribution, if only as an example to others...but not too much, i hope.

if any of the axe grinders are reading this, please take it easy on this one, she doesn't deserve the heavy artillery.

too easy a mark, i should think.