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Was this perhaps LA Hacks [0] in 2014, or Hacktech [1]? Evan Spiegel attended LA Hacks, but I had someone who was attending Hacktech email me for help with the Snapchat API for their project. (I was part of Gibson Security, and published some early Snapchat API research [2] online in 2013)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Hacks

[1] https://medium.com/hacktech-2014/everyones-watching-hacktech...

[2] https://gibsonsec.org/snapchat/fulldisclosure/

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Almost certainly HackTECH; it was held in a mall in Santa Monica right by the beach. I’m almost sure Evan came but it wasn’t to give a formal talk, but rather take a pretty low-key stroll-through. Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me. I did attend LA Hacks as well but I think it was in 2015, it was in Pauley Pavilion for the first time.

Your research looks fascinating and sounds similar to what I remember of the hack. Might be the same person we’re talking about. Small world!

I did some more searching, and I think it was Hacktech then. According to [0], Evan dropped by because of the project by Ash Bhat and Ankit Ranjan, apparently some of the organisers called him since he lived nearby. Seems you were right.

[0] http://appstorechronicle.com/2014/01/exclusive-snapchat-hack...

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