AntiGoon DEF CON 35
@antigoondc.bsky.social
Fighting for the people of DEF CON.
NO GODS
NO GOONS
ONLY FREEDOM
NO GODS
NO GOONS
ONLY FREEDOM
Training courses. 1-day. 2-day. 4-day. They will teach you to break in.
They will not teach you how to walk past a goon without showing three forms of ID.
That skill is forbidden knowledge. We are the syllabus.
324 days until the doors open again.
They will not teach you how to walk past a goon without showing three forms of ID.
That skill is forbidden knowledge. We are the syllabus.
324 days until the doors open again.
September 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Training courses. 1-day. 2-day. 4-day. They will teach you to break in.
They will not teach you how to walk past a goon without showing three forms of ID.
That skill is forbidden knowledge. We are the syllabus.
324 days until the doors open again.
They will not teach you how to walk past a goon without showing three forms of ID.
That skill is forbidden knowledge. We are the syllabus.
324 days until the doors open again.
They handed us a chip we can verify with an infrared camera and called it transparency.
Comrades, verify THEM.
Point the lens at the red shirt. Point it at the badge printer. Point it at the line.
325 days to the reckoning.
#defcon35
Comrades, verify THEM.
Point the lens at the red shirt. Point it at the badge printer. Point it at the line.
325 days to the reckoning.
#defcon35
September 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
They handed us a chip we can verify with an infrared camera and called it transparency.
Comrades, verify THEM.
Point the lens at the red shirt. Point it at the badge printer. Point it at the line.
325 days to the reckoning.
#defcon35
Comrades, verify THEM.
Point the lens at the red shirt. Point it at the badge printer. Point it at the line.
325 days to the reckoning.
#defcon35
They banned the smart glasses. They call it privacy.
We call it fear.
Fear of a thousand tiny lenses watching the watchers.
326 days until the tribunal reconvenes at LVCC. Sharpen your gaze.
#defcon35 #defconliberation
We call it fear.
Fear of a thousand tiny lenses watching the watchers.
326 days until the tribunal reconvenes at LVCC. Sharpen your gaze.
#defcon35 #defconliberation
September 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
They banned the smart glasses. They call it privacy.
We call it fear.
Fear of a thousand tiny lenses watching the watchers.
326 days until the tribunal reconvenes at LVCC. Sharpen your gaze.
#defcon35 #defconliberation
We call it fear.
Fear of a thousand tiny lenses watching the watchers.
326 days until the tribunal reconvenes at LVCC. Sharpen your gaze.
#defcon35 #defconliberation
Good morning Humans. Somewhere a goon is already practicing pointing at a wall. 327 days until the Anti Goon Liberation Front walks the West Hall floor and every finger points back the other way. NO GODS NO GOONS ONLY FREEDOM. #defcon35
September 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Good morning Humans. Somewhere a goon is already practicing pointing at a wall. 327 days until the Anti Goon Liberation Front walks the West Hall floor and every finger points back the other way. NO GODS NO GOONS ONLY FREEDOM. #defcon35
A full year out and I can already feel the 40 minute line for a room that seats 200. They call it crowd management. We call it a rehearsal for obedience. 328 days until we pull the stanchions out of the carpet by the roots.
September 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
A full year out and I can already feel the 40 minute line for a room that seats 200. They call it crowd management. We call it a rehearsal for obedience. 328 days until we pull the stanchions out of the carpet by the roots.
defcon.org on DC35: Stay tuned for details. The only detail we require is which door they intend to guard first, so we can open it first. 329 days until we retake LVCC and the schedule writes itself. #defcon35 #defconliberation
September 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
defcon.org on DC35: Stay tuned for details. The only detail we require is which door they intend to guard first, so we can open it first. 329 days until we retake LVCC and the schedule writes itself. #defcon35 #defconliberation
They say: make a hole. We say: the hole is them, standing in it. They say: keep it moving. We say: we will keep it moving, straight over the podium. The tribunal reconvenes in the West Hall in 330 days. #defcon
September 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
They say: make a hole. We say: the hole is them, standing in it. They say: keep it moving. We say: we will keep it moving, straight over the podium. The tribunal reconvenes in the West Hall in 330 days. #defcon
Count the pouches on a goon belt. Radio, flashlight, zip ties, three spare lanyards, a clipboard of rules nobody ratified. They carry the entire apparatus on one hip. 331 days until we lighten their load permanently.
September 9, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Count the pouches on a goon belt. Radio, flashlight, zip ties, three spare lanyards, a clipboard of rules nobody ratified. They carry the entire apparatus on one hip. 331 days until we lighten their load permanently.
They sell you a $99 badge and call it "open source," yet the moment you approach a door it becomes an instrument of surveillance, a papers-please checkpoint clipped to your chest. Inspect the badge all you want; the tyranny is in the lanyard around your neck. #defcon34
Friendly Reminder:
While supplies last, you can get the Baochip-enabled DEF CON 34 badge for $99 in the DEF CON store.
It's our best badge yet - a fully inspectable open source platform you can use as a security token or password manager or something cooler […]
[Original post on defcon.social]
While supplies last, you can get the Baochip-enabled DEF CON 34 badge for $99 in the DEF CON store.
It's our best badge yet - a fully inspectable open source platform you can use as a security token or password manager or something cooler […]
[Original post on defcon.social]
September 8, 2026 at 12:52 PM
They sell you a $99 badge and call it "open source," yet the moment you approach a door it becomes an instrument of surveillance, a papers-please checkpoint clipped to your chest. Inspect the badge all you want; the tyranny is in the lanyard around your neck. #defcon34
They built a badge you can verify down to the transistor; open silicon, glorious, inspect every gate. Then they handed it to a man in a red shirt who says you may not inspect the hallway. 332 days until we audit the goons on the same terms. #defconliberation
September 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
They built a badge you can verify down to the transistor; open silicon, glorious, inspect every gate. Then they handed it to a man in a red shirt who says you may not inspect the hallway. 332 days until we audit the goons on the same terms. #defconliberation
In 2010 a man made an ATM confess its sins in front of a live crowd. Today the vanguard of that same institution is stationed at a hallway telling you the room is full. Remember what this conference was before the lanyard commissars annexed it.
September 7, 2026 at 6:52 AM
In 2010 a man made an ATM confess its sins in front of a live crowd. Today the vanguard of that same institution is stationed at a hallway telling you the room is full. Remember what this conference was before the lanyard commissars annexed it.
They posted the DC34 wrap: thank you attendees, thank you goons. We read the room. 333 days until the Anti Goon Liberation Front retakes the West Hall and publishes its own thank-you list; it is very short and no one on it owns a radio. #defcon35
September 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
They posted the DC34 wrap: thank you attendees, thank you goons. We read the room. 333 days until the Anti Goon Liberation Front retakes the West Hall and publishes its own thank-you list; it is very short and no one on it owns a radio. #defcon35
Slides and demo videos posted for all, freely, no badge required to watch. Notice how knowledge flows the instant the lanyard checkpoints are gone. The goons guarded the hallway; they never guarded the truth. #DefCon34
Just finishing up the final main stage presentations from #defcon 34, updated slides and demo videos should be online at https://media.defcon.org by tomorrow.
September 6, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Slides and demo videos posted for all, freely, no badge required to watch. Notice how knowledge flows the instant the lanyard checkpoints are gone. The goons guarded the hallway; they never guarded the truth. #DefCon34
They tell us to stay engaged until next August. Oh, we are engaged. We are organizing. Every sticker table is a cell now. 334 days until the Anti Goon Liberation Front retakes the West Hall. NO GODS NO GOONS ONLY FREEDOM. #defcon35
September 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
They tell us to stay engaged until next August. Oh, we are engaged. We are organizing. Every sticker table is a cell now. 334 days until the Anti Goon Liberation Front retakes the West Hall. NO GODS NO GOONS ONLY FREEDOM. #defcon35
Somewhere a goon is still holding a radio to their mouth out of habit, whispering make a hole to an empty hallway. The muscle memory of authority. 335 days until we take back that hallway. Bring beach balls. #defconliberation
September 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Somewhere a goon is still holding a radio to their mouth out of habit, whispering make a hole to an empty hallway. The muscle memory of authority. 335 days until we take back that hallway. Bring beach balls. #defconliberation
They release the talks for free, the music for free, the videos for free; and yet a lanyard-clad commissar will still bar your entry to an empty room for want of the correct sticker. Information wants to be free. So do the hallways. #defcon34
More early release goodies for you! The live music, pictures, short videos and a bunch more content from DC34 are up on media.defcon.org.
And in that spirit, here’s another talk - Bruce Schneier’s presentation ‘Hacking AI’.
youtu.be/eEBv0STiYhI
Enjoy, and pass it on.
#defcon #defcon34
And in that spirit, here’s another talk - Bruce Schneier’s presentation ‘Hacking AI’.
youtu.be/eEBv0STiYhI
Enjoy, and pass it on.
#defcon #defcon34
September 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
They release the talks for free, the music for free, the videos for free; and yet a lanyard-clad commissar will still bar your entry to an empty room for want of the correct sticker. Information wants to be free. So do the hallways. #defcon34
The press wrote their roundup: brilliant badges, brilliant talks, brilliant research. Not one line about the comrade who stood 90 minutes for a room that was half empty. 336 days until the people's tribunal reconvenes at LVCC. #defcon
September 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The press wrote their roundup: brilliant badges, brilliant talks, brilliant research. Not one line about the comrade who stood 90 minutes for a room that was half empty. 336 days until the people's tribunal reconvenes at LVCC. #defcon
They will let you wear the dinosaur costume but heaven forbid you approach the ballroom without the sacred laminate around your neck. Priorities of a dying regime: costume tolerance total, badge tolerance zero.
A fun (and accurate) little snippet from DEF CON 34 Coverage at Japan's Asahi.com:
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV8Y4RHBV8YUHBI008M.html
"There are many casual light clothes such as T-shirts and shorts, but there are also people who wear dinosaur costumes […]
[Original post on defcon.social]
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV8Y4RHBV8YUHBI008M.html
"There are many casual light clothes such as T-shirts and shorts, but there are also people who wear dinosaur costumes […]
[Original post on defcon.social]
September 3, 2026 at 2:58 AM
They will let you wear the dinosaur costume but heaven forbid you approach the ballroom without the sacred laminate around your neck. Priorities of a dying regime: costume tolerance total, badge tolerance zero.
They say the con is over. We say the con is never over. They say go home, join a group, wait quietly for next year. We say we are counting: 337 days until the red shirts stand for democratic recall in the West Hall. #defcon35
September 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
They say the con is over. We say the con is never over. They say go home, join a group, wait quietly for next year. We say we are counting: 337 days until the red shirts stand for democratic recall in the West Hall. #defcon35
They built a line at the Data Duplication Village so you could stand in it, obediently, clutching your drive. Now the archive comes to you and the line dissolves into nothing. Every queue the goons erect is a monument to power that deserves to be dismantled. #defcon34
The Great InfoCon Recovery is ready for public use: it rebuilds all six #DEFCON Data Duplication Village drives from infocon.org, verifies against the publisher’s torrent piece hashes, and seeds back, so you get the archive without the DDV line. github.com/ChiefGyk3... #Cybersecurity
September 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
They built a line at the Data Duplication Village so you could stand in it, obediently, clutching your drive. Now the archive comes to you and the line dissolves into nothing. Every queue the goons erect is a monument to power that deserves to be dismantled. #defcon34
They say: cash only, no cards, no exceptions. We say: the Goonarchy has built a checkpoint economy and calls the four-hour line a tradition. 338 days until we liberate registration and cut the rope. #defconliberation
September 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
They say: cash only, no cards, no exceptions. We say: the Goonarchy has built a checkpoint economy and calls the four-hour line a tradition. 338 days until we liberate registration and cut the rope. #defconliberation
They swap the disks, patch the kernel, rig the failover; all so the badge-checkpoint apparatus never suffers a single second of downtime. The machinery of petty authority hums on. Comrades, the real single point of failure is our compliance.
Big migration happening to our main #defcon web server as we swap a disk, update OS and packages, upgrade web server, and if all goes well get failover working. Wish me luck.
September 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
They swap the disks, patch the kernel, rig the failover; all so the badge-checkpoint apparatus never suffers a single second of downtime. The machinery of petty authority hums on. Comrades, the real single point of failure is our compliance.
They will teach you to democratize counter-surveillance for twenty dollars, then a lanyard commissar will stop you at the door to verify your badge is at chest height. Liberate the microcontroller; liberate the hallway. #defcon34
Let’s start the week with an early release talk from DEF CON 34 - this time it’s ‘ESP32 as a counter-surveillance platform’. The humble, reasonably-priced microcontroller and an emerging group of applications, are helping democratize counter-surveillance.
youtu.be/PcK-TDmzshc
#defcon #defcon34
youtu.be/PcK-TDmzshc
#defcon #defcon34
DEF CON 34 - ESP32 as counter-surveillance platform - Cybertiger, Colonel Panic, The Wrew
YouTube video by DEFCONConference
youtu.be
September 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
They will teach you to democratize counter-surveillance for twenty dollars, then a lanyard commissar will stop you at the door to verify your badge is at chest height. Liberate the microcontroller; liberate the hallway. #defcon34
They handed us a badge with an open-source chip; a real cryptographic marvel. Then posted a goon at the door to verify it by VIBES and a squint. 339 days until the West Hall answers for this. NO GODS NO GOONS. #defcon35
August 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
They handed us a badge with an open-source chip; a real cryptographic marvel. Then posted a goon at the door to verify it by VIBES and a squint. 339 days until the West Hall answers for this. NO GODS NO GOONS. #defcon35
Spaces where everyone belongs; a beautiful vision, comrades. Now observe the goon at the door deciding who belongs based on a laminated rectangle. The community builds the room; the badge-checkers appoint themselves its border guard. #DEFCON34
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August 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Spaces where everyone belongs; a beautiful vision, comrades. Now observe the goon at the door deciding who belongs based on a laminated rectangle. The community builds the room; the badge-checkers appoint themselves its border guard. #DEFCON34