Honestly, I'm a little disappointed in my US hacker colleagues. There's stories about daily "visual inspections" of hotel rooms at #defcon and #blackhat, but not a single story about someone having a huge-ass thing labeled "conspicuous hacking machine" in their room.
You know, 1960s batman level.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/01/13/gadget-labeling-level-batman-batman-labeled-gadgets-television-series-1960s/

Gadget labeling level - Batman! How Batman labeled his gadgets in the television series of the 1960s | The Vintage News

Batman is a 1960s American live action television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It starred Adam West as Batman and Burt

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