Do not connect to Wi-Fi, and other tips for hanging out with 20,000 hackers in Las Vegas
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Two of the largest conferences in the hacking world will be happening - Black Hat USA and Def Con - along with a Darpa competition between autonomous computers right in the middle of both.
More than 20,000 people are likely to attend.
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But what should you expect while you're there? Should a new attendee be worried about getting hacked? What talks are a must?
These questions and more were asked of some past attendees. Here's what they told us.
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