I aee a lot of disagreement here. It's not that it's specific to DEFCON of "hacking equiptment". It's that the prior attack has given hotels the will and potential legal cover to do room checks/searches. They can now apply this to anything, such as "hacking" equiptment, guns, hotplates, etc. There are even examples of hotels handing over property from rooms or valets to law enforcement without a warrant.