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Originally Posted by Garick
My wife is a computer security expert and has attended DEFCON. It was a great chance for me to get in a poker trip.
She had me turn off my phone's wifi whenever I was within about half a mile of the Rio during DEFCON and did not bring her phone or laptop there at all.
We do not use credit cards with RFID chips or any mobile pay technology, due to the security concerns, but it isn't very likely that your experience was DEFCON-related. DEFCON hacks are usually more targeted at other attendees than to scam randos. The hackers there are trying to count coup and/or get in to systems for later exploits. Some of them might be dumb enough to "**** where they eat" and do random theiving while there, but its not common.
I think it's a good idea to turn off wifi in MOST public places. Not worth the risk, imo.