pre-corona encounter with a proud Gerrer chassid at a Tel Aviv tech conference left me thinking about role models.
It was one of the most unusual scenes imaginable. Picture Cybertech, an international Israeli technology conference focusing on cyber-defense firms. The massive venue in Tel Aviv was full of booths manned by young geeky types from startups and international firms demonstrating cyber security products.
At one station users wearing virtual reality headsets were ducking and weaving as they tried to exit a virtual escape room. People were lining up to code their way past the Israeli police cyber defenses. International visitor and locals mingled as deals were discussed by dozens of firms with techy sounding name and sci-fi graphics.
But what drew my interest – and that of many more besides- was a live phone hacking demonstration. Arriving early enough to bag a front-row seat, I watched as the darkened hall filled up with a few hundred people, mostly secular or non-Jewish, gazing at the gigantic screen at the front.
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