Seems like a silly idea. Why not send some NSA or CIA people to DEFCON, find the Chinese nationals in question, and then pwn their devices with one of what I'm sure must be many 0days that NSA have in their pockets?
Maybe the government is sending this signal in order to encourage DEFCON to move outside the US, because that would make tracking and surveillance easier for them than within the US, and create a false sense of security for attendees?
I think you are giving them too much credit. The US Government has already demonstrated that it and its 3-letter agencies are above the law when they failed to prosecute high-ranking officials for lying to Congress which is supposedly a capital crime.
I'm sure that if they wanted to surveil DEFCON, it would be trivial for them to do so.
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Seems like a silly idea. Why not send some NSA or CIA people to DEFCON, find the Chinese nationals in question, and then pwn their devices with one of what I'm sure must be many 0days that NSA have in their pockets?
Maybe the government is sending this signal in order to encourage DEFCON to move outside the US, because that would make tracking and surveillance easier for them than within the US, and create a false sense of security for attendees?
Or maybe i'm just giving them too much credit.
I think you are giving them too much credit. The US Government has already demonstrated that it and its 3-letter agencies are above the law when they failed to prosecute high-ranking officials for lying to Congress which is supposedly a capital crime.
I'm sure that if they wanted to surveil DEFCON, it would be trivial for them to do so.