The Chaos Computer Club e. V. (CCC) is Europe's largest association of hackers. For more than forty years we are providing information about technical and societal issues, such as surveillance, privacy, freedom of information, hacktivism, data security, and hacking. As the most influential hacker collective in Europe we organize campaigns, events, lobbying and publications as well as anonymizing services and communication infrastructure. There are many hackerspaces in and around Germany which belong to or share a common bond to the CCC as stated in our hacker ethics.
Three of Britain’s most prominent campaign groups have today announced the launch of a legal challenge against the actions of GCHQ, alleging it has illegally intruded on the privacy of millions of British and European citizens. more …
The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using easy everyday means. A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create a fake finger that could unlock an iPhone 5s secured with TouchID. This demonstrates – again – that fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable as access control method and should be avoided. more …
Auf die Frage, was uns alle die zwangsweise biometrische Vermessung für den von Sicherheitslücken betroffenen Rohrkrepierer "elektronischer Personalausweis" kostet, hat die Bundesregierung nun einige Angaben gemacht. Zu den technischen Details der Antworten nimmt der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hiermit Stellung. more …
In a pre-print of an interview from the next issue of the club magazine "Die Datenschleuder", the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) tells the story of a hacker whose software was sold to several governments in the Middle East (among others) that used it to spy on the opposing political forces. To which means and ends should hackers use their talents? In today's world, is it still possible to ignore what happens with the results of one's own drive to hack, research and tinker? more …
Der Chaos Computer Club e. V. ruft hiermit zu einer breiten Teilnahme an der Demonstration des Bündnisses „Freiheit statt Angst“ auf. more …
While the public debate about PRISM, Tempora and XKeyScore is continuing, webmail service providers seem to be finally waking up: Two of the largest e-mail providers in Germany have announced plans to enable encryption on all connections from 2014. more …
Am Dienstag, dem 9. Juli, beginnt das Verfahren gegen die EU-Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung vor dem Europäischen Gerichtshof (EuGH). Es geht um die europaweite Zukunft der Vorratsdatenspeicherung und um das Verhältnis zwischen europäischen Menschenrechten und Überwachungsmaßnahmen. more …
Angeklagt wegen »Unterstützung des Feinds« (Aiding the Enemy) droht ihm lebenslange Haft: Am 3. Juni beginnt der Prozeß gegen Bradley Manning. Am Samstag, den 1. Juni, dem internationalen Aktionstag zur Unterstützung Mannings, findet eine Kundgebung am Pariser Platz in Berlin statt. Kommt zahlreich! more …
Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) stellt der Öffentlichkeit die Open-Data-Plattform DocPatch [0] vor. Damit kann anläßlich seines 64. Geburtstages jeder die Entwicklung des Grundgesetzes in Graphiken und Text nachvollziehen. Das an den Grundprinzipien von Open Data [1] orientierte Projekt lädt zum Ausprobieren, Mitmachen und Nachmachen ein. more …