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Richard Thieme is an author/professional speaker who addresses “the human in the machine,” technology-related security and intelligence issues as they come home to our humanity. He has published hundreds of articles, dozens of stories, seven books, and delivered hundreds of speeches, including for NSA, FBI, the Secret Service, etc. He spoke in 2021 at Def Con for the 25th year and has keynoted security conferences in 15 countries. His latest book about an intelligence professional, "Mobius: A Memoir," is a novel receiving over-the-top reviews.

Bio from DEF CON 30 (2022) - UFOs, Alien Life, and the Least Untruthful Things I Can Say. (2022-08-13)

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2022-08-13 12:30 - DEF CON 30 (2022) - UFOs, Alien Life, and the Least Untruthful Things I Can Say. as Richard Thieme
2021-08-06 15:00 - DEF CON 29 (2021) - UFOs: Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Basic Truth as Richard Thieme AKA neuralcowboy
2020-07-26 14:00 - HOPE 2020 Virtual Rescheduled - Keynote: Richard Thieme as Richard Thieme
2018-08-11 17:00 - DEF CON 26 (2018) - The Road to Resilience: How Real Hacking Redeems this Damnable Profession as Richard Thieme, a.k.a. neural cowboy
2017-07-29 12:00 - DEF CON 25 (2017) - When Privacy Goes Poof! Why It's Gone and Never Coming Back as Richard Thieme a.k.a. neuralcowboy
2016-10-12 09:00 - SOURCE Seattle 2016 - Play Through the Pain? - The Impact of Forbidden Knowledge on Security and Intelligence Professionals Keynote as Richard Thieme
2016-08-06 15:00 - DEF CON 24 (2016) - Playing Through the Pain? - The Impact of Secrets and Dark Knowledge on Security and Intelligence Professionals as Richard Thieme
2015-10-09 12:00 - BruCON 0x07 (2015) - Hacking as Practice for Transplanetary Life in the 21st Century: How Hackers Frame the Pictures in Which Others Live as Richard Thieme
2015-08-08 17:00 - DEF CON 23 (2015) - Hacking the Human Body/brain: Identity Shift, the Shape of a New Self, and Humanity 2.0 as Richard Thieme
2014-08-08 11:00 - DEF CON 22 (2014) - The Only Way to Tell the Truth is in Fiction: The Dynamics of Life in the National Security State as Richard Thieme
2014-08-06 17:00 - BSidesLV 2014 - The Only Way to Tell the Truth is in Fiction: The Dynamics of Life in the National Security State as Richard Thieme
2014-04-25 10:00 - THOTCON 0x5 (2014) - UFOs and Government: a Case Study in Disinformation, Deception, and Perception Management as Richard Thieme
2013-08-02 16:00 - DEF CON 21 (2013) - The Government and UFOs: A Historical Analysis as Richard Thieme
2012-07-28 10:00 - DEF CON 20 (2012) - Twenty Years Back, Twenty Years Ahead: The Arc of DEF CON Past and Future as Richard Thieme
2011-08-06 14:00 - DEF CON 19 (2011) - Staring into the Abyss: The Dark Side of Crime-fighting, Security, and Professional Intelligence as Richard Thieme
2010-07-30 19:00 - DEF CON 18 (2010) - Getting Root: Remote Viewing, Non-local Consciousness, Big Picture Hacking, and Knowing Who You Are as Richard Thieme
2010-07-09 10:00 - REcon 2010 - Ethical Considerations of Intelligence and Information Security as Richard Thieme
2009-08-02 10:00 - DEF CON 17 (2009) - Hacking, Biohacking, and the Future of Humanity as Richard Thieme
2009-07-31 18:30 - DEF CON 17 (2009) - Hacking UFOlogy 102: The Implications of UFOs for Life, the Universe, and Everything as Richard Thieme
2007-08-03 18:00 - DEF CON 15 (2007) - Hacking UFOlogy: Thirty Years in the Wilderness of Mirrors as Richard Thieme
2006-08-04 12:00 - DEF CON 14 (2006) - Beyond Social Engineering: Tools for Reinventing Yourself as Richard Thieme
2005-07-29 10:00 - DEF CON 13 (2005) - Recapturing the Revolutionary Heart of Hacking as Richard Thieme
2005-04-08 20:00 - Notacon 2 (2005) - Living on the Edge: The Sources of Creativity for Security Wizards and Hackers as Richard Thieme
2005-02-06 11:00 - ShmooCon I (2005) - Zen and The Relevance of Perception to Cyber Security, or, When is a Network Not a Network? as Richard Thieme
2004-07-31 14:00 - DEF CON 12 (2004) - Quantum Hacking: In Search of a Unified Theory as Richard Thieme
2003-08-02 14:00 - DEF CON 11 (2003) - Hacker Generations as Richard Thieme
2002-08-03 18:00 - DEF CON 10 (2002) - 1992 ... 2002 ... 2012 ... Hacking: The Next Ten Years as Richard Thieme
2001-07-15 10:00 - DEF CON 9 (2001) - Hacking a Trans-Planetary Net: The Essence of Hacking in a Context of Pan-global Culture, the Wetware / dryware Interface, and Going to Europa. as Richard Thieme
2000-07-30 13:00 - DEF CON 8 (2000) - Social Engineering at Def Con: Games Hackers Play as Richard Thieme
1998-08-01 10:00 - DEF CON 6 (1998) - The More Things Change The More They Don't: Soft Destruction and the Ancient Wisdom of Hacking as Richard Thieme
1998-07-30 09:50 - Black Hat USA 1998 - Convergence -- Every Man (and Woman) a Spy. as Richard Thieme
????-??-?? ??:?? - Black Hat USA 2011 - Staring into the Abyss: The Dark Side of Security and Professional Intelligence as Richard Thieme
????-??-?? ??:?? - NorthSec 2017 - KEYNOTE: Playing Through the Pain: The Impact of Dark Knowledge and Secrets on Security and Intelligence Professionals as Richard Thieme
????-??-?? ??:?? - Black Hat USA 1997 - Keynote speech Thursday. as Richard Thieme

Richard Thieme / neuralcowboy

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