I managed to get into a private corporate champagne buffet at InfoSec Europe/London a couple of years ago by just speaking on my mobile while I walked past the security reception. Wouldn't be quite so funny except that the reception was for invited CISSP members only and I wasn't a member or invited. The champagne always tastes better this way.
- Phil Lewis On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:14 +0100, Soulla Stylianou wrote: > fantastic story. Made me giggle. Great. How long ago was that? What > did you come to see? > Wonder if anyone can better it. > > Soulla > > On 6 May 2010 12:59, Jon Knight <j.p.kni...@lboro.ac.uk> wrote: > > On Tue, 4 May 2010, Soulla Stylianou wrote: > >> > >> hmm. I could see a challenge in the offing if it wasn't likely to cause > >> security breaches. How far can one person go on either > >> > >> a) a bbc backstage lanyard > >> b) a bbc backstage t-shirt. > > > > No BBC connection but a mate and I once blagged our way into a show at the > > NEC with a walkie talkie, a large cable crimping tool and a reel of old > > thick Ethernet cable. He walked ahead looking official and "chatting" on > > the walkie talkie whilst I plodded along behind with the tool in hand and > > the cable slung over my shoulder. Security held the barrier open for us and > > we just smiled and nodded as we walked through... :-) > > > > The best bit was the look one the face of one of the "barcode wander" who > > frequent such shows when he realised we had no barcodes for him to scan and > > thus no way for him to send us pointless spam. :-) :-) > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/