Archive for August 11th, 2014

Depression lies.

Monday, August 11th, 2014

Robin Williams, the Oscar-winning actor and comedian whose performances careened from dazzling pop-culture riffs to intense dramatic roles, died Monday at the age of 63, in an apparent suicide that marked the grim end of his recent battles with severe depression.

I’ll have more to say about this in the morning. In the meantime, the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255.

DEFCON 22 notes: August 11, 2014.

Monday, August 11th, 2014

Yes, I know there was a gap yesterday. I was a little busy hanging out with friends, and I made the executive decision that I’d take a day off in hopes that more of Saturday and Sunday’s presentations would be uploaded.

Two things I want to make note of before jumping into links:

  1. This Ars Technica article summarizing Phil Zimmerman’s DEFCON talk.
  2. FARK had a link to an Orlando Sentinel (!) article about “a surprise appearance” by John McAfee. Here’s a link to the article. I haven’t found any coverage of this elsewhere. And, in my opinion, anything John McAfee says at this time should be taken with an entire lick of salt.

With those out of the way, more links. If I link to a Black Hat version of a talk, it is because I am assuming it is very similar, if not identical, to the DEFCON version of the same talk. It seems like maybe there was a little more duplication this year…

More updates later on tonight, I hope; otherwise, tomorrow.