I&#x27;m sure that&#x27;s likely, I just have a crazy wistful idealism that the hacker manifesto is still an ethical driver of the computer security industry and academia.<p>I know it&#x27;s not the CMU students&#x27; fault, but part of me is glad the Plaid Parliament of Pwning lost DCCTF this year. It&#x27;s really saddening that blind deference to authority is now the norm in the industry.