Chaos Communication Congress 2015
The Political Congress
The political hackers, armed with technology, tackle presumed and genuine issues in society, leaking secret information and demonstrating political commitment to civil rights. This work is often less spectacular than popular TV series and movies suggest and involves a huge amount of work.
For example, Matthew Garrett is not only a free software developer, but also a political activist as a representative of the Free Software Foundation. In his keynote (Figure 1) he painstakingly described the obstacles to protecting current hardware against criminals or government secret services and talked about Intel's Management Engine and TPM (trusted platform module). Other contributions looked at various forms of state supervision or digital politics. For example, cellphone monitoring in Iran, Internet censorship worldwide, and the new European rules on network neutrality [3].
Although attendees often have an above-average interest in political commitment, their primary interest is in experimenting with technology and testing individual degrees of freedom. Because the Congress is welcoming to new attendees, it is increasingly becoming representative of the general population. One positive expression of this is the considerably greater number of female attendees than at similar technology events, as well as a well-developed program for children. However, this broad appeal does not make the Congress a lame duck: Apple censored no fewer than eight Congress videos in the CCC TV app for Apple TV [6].
Although only a few visitors fit the widespread and popular bill of the digital freedom fighter, you can safely assume that large parts of the community are sympathetic to such political activists. For example, the Congress reported a record number of visitors after the Snowden revelations, and the tickets for 2015 sold out very quickly.
Starting in 2017, the event needs to find a new venue, with remodeling, modernization, and expansion construction planned for the current venue, the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), through 2018 and into 2019.
Infos
- 32C3: https://events.ccc.de/category/32c3/
- Burning Man Festival: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man
- Videos from 32C3: https://media.ccc.de/c/32c3
- pushTAN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction_authentication_number#pushTAN
- PlayStation 4 hack (click on the timebar near 1:13:00): https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7560-lightning_talks_day_4#video&t=0
- Apple TV gets hacking video app, but censors some content: http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/2016/01/apple_tv_gets_hacking_video_app_but_censors_some_content
- Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- 32c3 Hamburg Dec 2015: http://bit.ly/1mqODzX
- Attribution 2.0 Generic: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- 32c3 day 0: http://bit.ly/1opMhD5
« Previous 1 2
Buy this article as PDF
(incl. VAT)
Buy Linux Magazine
Subscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters
Support Our Work
Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.
News
-
KaOS Linux 2024.05 Adds Bcachfs Support and More
With updates all around, KaOS Linux now includes support for the bcachefs file system.
-
TUXEDO Computers Unveils New Iteration of the Stellaris Laptop Line
The Stellaris Slim 15 is the 6th generation and includes either an AMD or Intel CPU
-
KDE Releases Plasma 6.0.5
The latest release of the Plasma desktop has arrived with several improvements and the usual bug fixes.
-
Gnome OS Adopting systemd-sysupdate
Gnome OS is about to undergo a major under-the-hood change that promises enhanced security.
-
Endless OS 6 Now Available
After more than a year since the last update, the latest release of Endless OS is now available for general usage.
-
Fedora Asahi 40 Remix Available for Macs with Apple Silicon
If you've been anticipating KDE's Plasma 6 for your Apple Silicon-powered Mac, then you're in luck.
-
Red Hat Adds New Deployment Option for Enterprise Linux Platforms
Red Hat has re-imagined enterprise Linux for an AI future with Image Mode.
-
OSJH and LPI Release 2024 Open Source Pros Job Survey Results
See what open source professionals look for in a new role.
-
Proton 9.0-1 Released to Improve Gaming with Steam
The latest release of Proton 9 adds several improvements and fixes an issue that has been problematic for Linux users.
-
So Long Neofetch and Thanks for the Info
Today is a day that every Linux user who enjoys bragging about their system(s) will mourn, as Neofetch has come to an end.