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The organisation has to still pay their suppliers, and have to comply with anti money laundering laws

I can pay cash at store, cinema, museum and not give my name. Why not at conference too? And it is not only this conference, all of them require it now.

Think about it :)

Yeah honestly fair point

Though I imagine it’s more about getting upfront payment for tickets to cover suppliers

I mean, DEF CON still allows cash at the door with no ID and manages to make it work.

Do they sell out of tickets within, literally literally, three seconds?

Hopefully this move to the bigger venue improves the situation.

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