RSA Boycot Group Sets Up Rival Conference

judgecorp writes "The group of security experts who urged people to boycot the RSA conference (over allegations that the security firm RSA has taken a $10 million bribe from the NSA to weaken the security of its products) have put together a rival conference called TrustyCon just down the road from San Francisco's Moscone Center, where the EMC-owned firm will have its conference at the end of February."

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Re:It's a trap!

[Fnord666]

If people who disagreed with the NSA were arrested, or lost their jobs, or were audited, or were deported, or disappeared in the middle of the night, we would know about it. Those things can't be kept secret.

The root post warns of the unstated repercussions of attending this "honeypot" conference. I want to know what those repercussions are.

You mean like when people who develop encrypted messaging systems or encrypted phone applications get added to watch lists and get harassed every time they enter the country even though they are citizens?