This is a quick notes post about the recent Chaos Computer Congress. It was nice to participate again after two years.
Talks
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All Sorted by Machines of Loving Grace? "AI", Cybernetics, and Fascism and how to Intervene
The talk explores the roots of today's tech fascism and its love for tech. Full of nice rants. -
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet
A very condensed talk, in the usual style of Cory Doctorow. A bit optimistic, but the whole analysis definitely worths it. I loved the phrase "Time to seize the means of computation!". -
AI Agent, AI Spy
Based on a Signal Foundation research. How AI compromises the trust we usually have on operating systems. Very critical when you are relying on end-to-end encryption, making the assumption that you can trust both ends. -
Coding Dissent: Art, Technology, and Tactical Media
Artistic practices that engage with sociotechnical systems through tactical interventions. Showcasing certain Art/Tech projects with political impact. -
Suing spyware in Europe: news from the front!
The current status of the legal action against European governments using spyware (like Pegasus and Predator) to spy on people.
Self-organized sessions
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Repressions and Surveillance of Pro-Palestine Speech in Germany
An overview of how German authorities have engaged in systematic repression of Pro-Palestine speech. With a reference to a new Berlin law that allows police to physically compromoise devices by intruding into private homes. -
Running a NGO on FreeSoftware
Fascillitated by FSFE to showcase what kind software is being used for day to day operations. Many other tech people from other NGOs participated in the discussion. Common struggles on getting away from big tech companies. -
Tales of apartheid
Stories of a Palestinian Israeli citizen on what Apartheid actually looks like.
Projects
Some quick links on projects and ideas captured in my notes based on discussions during the Congress.
- AI War Cloud αn interactive database exploring the connection of tech companies with military operations and warfare. This was set up as an interactive installation during the Congress.
- I was reminded again about Tor Snowflake proxy project. Something we could fairly easily set up on LibreOps.
- plaintext, yet another chat project. This one aims on being a decentralized social network that uses plain text files over HTTP.
- Solarpunk missions, that run through out the Congress but can be an inspiration for future projects.
- Anubis AI firewall. If your website is suffering from excessive AI bots scraping.
- Congress Checklist could be handy for the next one ;)
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