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How To Sneak In To a Security Conference
jfruh writes "You'd think that, of all events, security conferences would have tight security. But one anonymous human pen tester managed to sneak into the RSA conference without credentials, using tried and true techniques like waving a badge from another conference at security guards and slipping in through exits."
This is why I keep my lab coat from college. A lab coat says you know what you're doing. Throw in a clipboard and you're gold.
A construction site... or when you're trying to go backstage at a Village People concert.
What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
Do you always look bored and slightly retarded?
Getting backstage at a Village People tribute doesn't necessitate stealth, just willingness.
Long ago I learned that the best way to be invisible is to walk in dressed in overalls with a toolbelt, and announce "Plumber!" to everyone in earshot. You can walk into a women's bathroom, yell "Plumber!" and none of the women will even notice as you walk around....
If you wear Wellington boots, a jock strap, and a huge sombrero, people generally don't mess with you.