Keynote subject for HITB 2019 in Amsterdam in May

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Forwarded from: Richard Thieme <rthieme (AT) thiemeworks.com>

The Beginning of the End? - A Return to the Abyss for a Quick Look

Beware lest staring into the abyss turns into the abyss staring into you,
Nietzsche warned. But once we are committed to seeing clearly and saying
clearly what we see, it is hard to turn away. Richard Thieme has spent 25+
years in this “infosec space,” and the phase changes of the industry have
taken him and all of us beyond the beginning of the end to the end itself –
the end of what we thought we were doing by hacking in the spirit of the
hacker ethos.

We have created a world that is disappearing into the background of our
lives. We don’t see “the internet” anymore because we live in it. In
addition to Big Brother, many “little brothers” implement surveillance
capitalism with ruthlessness, inattention to moral or ethical issues,
disregard for the individual, and greed. No wonder the heroes of “hacker
fiction” are lone voices in a wilderness of mirrors struggling against “the
Man:” the consoling fictional narratives obscure real losses of autonomy,
free agency, and personal power.

Yet there are options. In this closing keynote, Richard Thieme will
reference issues raised throughout the conference and illuminate choices for
finding ways through the thickets. There are pathways toward the light.

In 25 years, Thieme’s topics show he has grown with the industry and his
ability to stare into the abyss and survive. A passionate supporter of Hack
in the Box in Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur from the beginning, he is proud to
celebrate ten years of the conference by giving this one his all.

https://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2019ams/

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