33c3 retrospective

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It’s time again for my list of talks that I loved on the chaos communication congress. As usual I spent most time on RubyTown and watched the talks later on.

In the last couple of weeks after the congress I watched tons of talks. More than usual because of the amount of free time I am currently enjoying :wink: .

Here is a list of talks I loved in random order:

Interplanetary Colonization

The big how, when and where questions about interplanetary colonization.

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Irren is staatlich (German)

10 years of information freedom act in Germany.

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Methodisch Inkorrekt (German)

Kinda random physics experiments :wink: .

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Shut Up and Take My Money!

A really nice talk how bad a German FinTech startup aka Bank designed their APIs.

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The Ultimate Game Boy Talk

The title says it all. Everything you need to know about the Game Boy.

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What could possibly go wrong with ?

A nice demonstration of security issues on current x86 CPUs

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Die Sprache der Populisten (German)

Every year maha gives a talk where he dissects the language used in politics. This year he focuses on the current rise of populists.

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Security Nightmares 0x11 (German)

The yearly review of security issues in tech with a little forecast what we might expect in the near future.

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Woolim – Lifting the Fog on DPRK’s Latest Tablet PC

From the group that showed Redstar OS to the public now comes a talk where they demonstrate the current state of tablets in the DPRK.

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SpiegelMining – Reverse Engineering von Spiegel-Online

David Kriesel got famous for his really great talk about problems in Xerox Scanners. This year he shows what he learned by downloading all articles from Spiegel, a big german news site.

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Nicht öffentlich. (German)

A theater play based on the German parliamentary hearing about the NSA wiretapping in Germany.

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Warum in die Ferne schweifen, wenn das Ausland liegt so nah? (German)

The current state of internet wiretapping laws in Germany.

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Build your own NSA

The NSA and other agencies are not the only problem. Lots of private companies collect huge amount of data from their users. Here a journalist demonstrates what kind of data could be bought online.

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Copywrongs 2.0

A follow up from the talk given two years ago that explains the current state of copyright law in Europe.

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Making Technology Inclusive Through Papercraft and Sound

A nice talk about more diversity in tech through a cheap way to teach electronics to kids.

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Eavesdropping on the Dark Cosmos

Nice introduction to gravitational waves and dark matter.

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Dieselgate – A year later

The current status of the Volkswagen Dieselgate, the legal side.

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Software Defined Emissions

The technical side of the Dieselgate with an reverse engineering of the electronic components involved.

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Did I miss something? If yes please leave it in the comments below.

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