OMG! Hackers! Shooting Guns! OMG!
By Nick Leghorn
While writing for TTAG is fun, the world of information and cyber security is my day job. Hackers are my people, and more often than not, they too have a love for tinkering with the mechanics and laws related to firearms. Every year before the Def Con Conference a group of like-minded individuals gather in the desert to blow off some steam and light off some cordite. Naturally the BBC just about trashed their Fruit of the Looms at the idea of hackers shooting guns, because that’s two concepts they barely understand (freedom, both on the range and the internet). So when they found both in the same place at the same time . . .
From the article:
This week sees 16,000 hackers gather in Las Vegas for Def Con, a convention dedicated to the art of subverting computer systems.
Before it starts, a small number of the hackers drive out in the desert to shoot guns. It is a rare opportunity for them to get some “trigger time” in the open rather than an enclosed shooting range.
Shooters brought all kinds of weapons to the event but only one person brought a cannon.
“But only one person …read more
Source:: Truth About Guns
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