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Edward Snowden will speak at HOPE X on Saturday
- tdicola 12y agoAnyone know if there will be a live stream of the talk?
- darksim905 12y agoUgh. The venue is going to packed, we really don't need anyone else advertising this :\
- newaccountfool 12y ago...You really do, more people will find out about Hope, more people will thus want to come to HOPE. Thus growing the community. Most people don't know what HOPE is, even people in the hacker community.
- darksim905 12y agoA lot of people know what HOPE Is. The problem is HOPE only happens every two years. Everyone knows what Defcon & Blackhat are & go to those conferences instead. There are large differences between the style, methods & ideals of the conferences, as well. The problem is, the venue is already very packed as is, they sent out an e-mail saying they had to close down their pre-registration because of the interest in the conference.
- jlgaddis 12y agoThat sounds like a good problem to have. Perhaps that will lead to the event being held at a larger venue allowing even more attendees.
- selimthegrim 12y agoI bought tickets myself two weeks ago before the Snowden announcement, but there is no way I would actually stay in the Hotel Pennsylvania. If HOPE cares so much about attracting more people, they're going to need to lean on the owners to invest more in that shithole if they want to stay there.
- darksim905 12y agoI've never really understood that. Do they love this venue because it's so central to NYC or what? They've been there for years (out of the many HOPE conferences, this one will be only my second) and there was a time where they feared the hotel would be shut down or sold or something. What gives? :\
- rdl 12y agoIt's been where it's been for a while, so there's some sentimentality. Hotel Pennsylvania is also incredibly cheap. It's also very crappy -- you don't even get what you pay for. (I'm speaking at 11p Friday if anyone is interested, and will be in town Thursday to Wednesday. But not staying at the Hotel Pennsylvania.)
- hawkharris 12y agoWith all due respect, that's a hipster-like perspective. Those of us who are attending Hope shouldn't see ourselves as part of an in-crowd and shut others out. People in the security / tech communities are spreading word of this talk because it's important and relevant to them. As the other commenter pointed out, it's great for Hope to sell more tickets and receive broader support.
- cjbprime 12y agoThere are a limited number of tickets, and then the event's full. 2600 would understandably like to sell all of the tickets to avoid some extreme financial difficulty they're in. You'd like them to avoid that?
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