Impressions from the Chaos Communication Congress (39c3)
At the end of last year, I attended the Chaos Communication Congress (39c3) of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC)1 for the first time in Hamburg. For four days, the Congress feels like its own open and welcoming world – full of nerds of all generations. Alongside many technical talks, the Congress also features a large number of contributions dealing with the ethical and political impact of technology on society. Many of these talks are easy to follow even without a deep technical background and are often surprisingly entertaining. A large part of the program is recorded and made publicly available shortly after the event on media.ccc.de. Some talks are in German, others in English – and for many recordings, translated audio tracks (e.g. German/English) can be selected or downloaded directly from the video page. ...