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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.
Chaos Computer Club urges politicians to respect freedom in the internet
The Telecom Package is an extensive collection of new rulings devised by the European Parliament with the intention to protect consumers' rights in the telecommunications sector. In addition to many welcome innovations to the benefit of consumers, the package also includes new rulings enabling authorities to persecute users of file-sharing platforms and establish Internet filtering measures. In anticipation of these powers German politicians are planning the establishment of an extensive infrastructure for Internet censorship. more …
Computerwahl in Brandenburg: Jüngste Beobachtungen übertrafen schlimmste Befürchtungen
Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hat mit Hilfe freiwilliger Wahlbeobachter am 28. September 2008 in zehn brandenburgischen Kommunen eine weitere Wahlbeobachtung durchgeführt. Ziel war es, den tatsächlichen Einsatz von Wahlcomputern bei den Kommunalwahlen zu dokumentieren und die Behauptungen des Wahlcomputer-Herstellers sowie der zuständigen Bundes- und Landeswahlbehörden zur Sicherheit, Akzeptanz und Bedienerfreundlichkeit zu überprüfen. more …
Heraus zur großen internationalen Kampfdemonstration für Freiheit, Demokratie und Menschenrechte!
Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) ruft alle Mitglieder, Hacker, Freunde, Bekannten, Verwandten und Sympathisanten auf, zahlreich und mit lustigen Transparenten zur internationalen "Freiheit statt Angst 2008 – Stoppt den Überwachungswahn!"-Demonstration in Berlin am 11. Oktober zu kommen. more …
Blinkenlights Stereoscope
After a long break the Blinkenlights Project is coming back to life. Its new screen is the Toronto City Hall with its 960 windows on two curved towers, forming 960 pixels with 16 brightness levels. The installation is named "Blinkenlights Stereoscope" in honor of its double screen. Everyone is invited to interact with it as it illuminates the City Hall from October 4th to October 12th, 2008. Moreover, you are invited to produce and publish your own animations. This time a special iPhone application for Blinkenlights Stereoscope has been published. more …
Chaosdock 2008
Das Chaosdock ist ein Veranstaltungsformat des CCC Zürich (CCCZH), das erstmals 2006 stattfand. more …
Chaos Computer Club takes part in "Motodrone"
The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is taking part in "Motodrone", the European event for scientists, researchers and developers in the field of open source aerial drones in Finowfurt near Berlin on September 20th, 2008. Interesting talks, discussions, workshops and flight shows are planned for the event. more …
Köln: OpenChaos zu Dynamisches Routing
Dynamisches Routing erlaubt es, große und komplexe Netzwerke aufzubauen, ohne auf zentrale Strukturen angewiesen zu sein. more …
Tax Offices assign Personal Identification Numbers
German citizens are receiving letters from their Tax Office containing their new 11-digit tax IDs. Germany-based civil rights organization Chaos Computer Club (CCC) considers this number to be an illegal personal identification number (Personenkennziffer) and fears its misuse by the authorities. more …
Chaos Computer Club offers help to victims of censorship in China
In response to widespread outrage against internet censorship in China, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) offers aid in circumventing the censorship measures to the affected athletes and journalists. more …
Electronic Insurance card: Please don't Smile
Some German health insurance funds started asking their members to send in photos for newly issued electronic insurance cards, despite the fact that important security questions regarding the system are still unanswered. The Chaos Computer Club advises all members to not send a photo as yet. more …
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