Crypto & Privacy Village
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We help bring cryptography & privacy knowledge to the hacker community.
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Joined June 2014
The Gold Bug is returning again for @defcon 29!. Keep an eye out at for updates! Puzzle will go live at 10 am PT on Aug 6
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CPV 12 Call for Paper statistics: 36 submissions. Our annual Program Committee meeting ended with:.- 10 acceptances.- 12 revisions.- 14 rejections. Come to the Program Committee talk at DEF CON to hear how it all went inside these hedge walls 🌳🌻.
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Our gardeners are putting their tools away for now. And with that, our CFP is now completed: congratulations to our future speakers! 💐. From at the garden, thank you to all authors for your submissions! All CPV 12 notices are now delivered 🌼.
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Have an idea for a talk, workshop, something else? Not entirely sure? You can always revise your abstract and other info between now to DEF CON. only if you submit to our CFP in the next hour! 🍃
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9 hours remain 🧃 stay hydrated in the sun, wrap up your paper, and hit submit! 🌱.
CFP or outside? Why not both! Last weekend to enjoy the sun at your local park, picnic and CFP, *and* upload your submission via phone or other devices: Submissions due on Monday, 2 June by 23:59 PT
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CFP or outside? Why not both! Last weekend to enjoy the sun at your local park, picnic and CFP, *and* upload your submission via phone or other devices: Submissions due on Monday, 2 June by 23:59 PT
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Need a break from the sun this weekend at the park? Submit to our CFP today! Full info with Q&A here: CFP submissions due 2 June.
The Crypto & Privacy Village presents: at the garden 🌱 at DEF CON 33 and CPV 12!. Our CFP is now open: Submissions are open until 2 June 2025. Q&A:
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RT @CryptoVillage: The Crypto & Privacy Village presents: at the garden 🌱 at DEF CON 33 and CPV 12!. Our CFP is now open: .
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Day 2, come and find us at our mini CPV @BSidesSF ed.!. Solved our puzzles this weekend? Come and find us for prizes 🌱✨
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The Crypto & Privacy Village presents: at the garden 🌱 at DEF CON 33 and CPV 12!. Our CFP is now open: Submissions are open until 2 June 2025. Q&A:
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RT @0xCryptoK: Three weeks past @defcon and teams are still making progress on the @CryptoVillage #GoldBug ! Shout out to @ThePrimeagen f….
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[LBY] Errata - The original Labyrinth maze had some errors which made the challenge unintentionally challenging. #SorryNotSorry. Updated video uploaded here: (Thanks to SigSage for reverse engineering the actual solution and what went wrong!).
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How does a village like ours run? . Well, it takes 48 (?) total program committee members, organisers, leads, and volunteers! And a minimum baseline floor of 1026 volunteering hours—we really have to fix our privacy-focused spreadsheet. More numbers to come!
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Thank you so much for participating at our village this year! From volunteers to speakers, organisers/Gold Bug team to attendees, we wouldn't be a village without you all. Whether working on the Gold Bug, solving the zines, reading our slides, playing cards, we loved seeing you!
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You're in the butter zone no- And the meta has fallen! Team Psychoholics - the undisputed victors in this year's Parlor Puzzle Pursuit. Congratulations!
@CryptoVillage @defcon Shh why did you tell the other team. I haven't even unpacked yet now I have to keep hacking.
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Even after the hackers have left the city, two teams vie to be the first to complete this year's META puzzle. Who will win? @CryptoVillage @defcon
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Won't somebody think of the children?! Wu-Tang did. Don't miss "Wu-Tang is for the Children: How States Laws Intended to Protect Children Raise Other Privacy and Legal Risks", by Anthony Hendricks at 1pm - Creator Stage 4.
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Gold is best! The Gold Bug Challenge closes at 12 noon - submit your answers by then~!.
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Join Elena Dunn and Klaus Schmeh for an excellent retrospective on Famous and Not-So-Famous Unsolved Codes at Creator Stage 2, 10:30am happening now!.
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"GUR RIBYHGVBA BS PELCGBTENCUL". Too short to crack? Maybe Jeff Man will give you more ciphertext in the talk at 5:30pm, Creator Stage 1.
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Want to be anonymous? Learn about protecting your personal information from an mononymous human at 5:15pm at the village!.
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