This is the story of a hotel hooligan and his fascination with exploiting physical and digital vulnerabilities for the purposes of persistent access, living off the land, and surreptitiously housing homeless people.

You can watch the recording of the first version of this talk delivered at RVAsec 2025 here: https://rvasec.com/rvasec-14-video-justin-varner-oh-hotel-no-how-a-helpless-hooligan-helped-a-homie-from-homelessness-to-homeownership-in-9-months/

This is the third version of ‘Oh Hotel No!’ that originally debuted as BSides Prague 2025, and it builds on the material that only a few people will have ever experienced this past August at BSidesLV in the form of an ephemeral OTR DEFCON Skytalk.

This newest version of the talk has more of a focus on Earl Jones, who is the previously homeless man for 17 years that participated in the ‘Operation House A Homie’ program and is now a thriving and gainfully employed homeowner.

You won’t want to miss it!