Grifter

Jack Rhysider· Host0:00

Man, last Defcon was wild. It is up there... Phew, it's like one of the top 10 best moments of my life. And I don't think I ever told you about what happened. See, Defcon is an annual hacker conference in Las Vegas and it's my favorite conference in the world. It's just so inventive and fun and brilliant and weird. Defcon is just built different. Like, of course there's talks and places to get hands on doing hacking. (upbeat music) But at night, most conferences just shut down. Not Defcon. Defcon goes all night long. At night they clear out the chairs in the lecture halls and they turn them into party spots. And there's not just one party going on. There's like a DJ in track one, and there's an arcade set up in track two, and there's nerdcore rappers on stage live in track three. Keep walking and you'll find even more parties around the conference. It's an adventure to find all the things happening. And that's just at Defcon. There are literally dozens of other parties all over town, too. Hotel room parties, bar meet-ups, pool parties, and vendor parties. The vendors sometimes spend over $100,000 on a party by renting out a whole nightclub and giving out free drinks and food to their customers. With all these parties, I got to thinking, "You know what? I should throw a party, a Darknet Diaries party." Now, you might be wondering, "Jack, I heard you're a private person and nobody really knows what you look like." That's true. "Well then, how do you go to these conferences and meet people?" Ah, here's my secret. I wear a disguise.