ElaCon 2025
Learn how to use the espresso machine
Moderierter Austausch über Tipps und Erfahrungen beim Homegrowing von Cannabis und dem herstellen von Edibels.
The Cyber Resilience Act is an EU regulation passed finally in October 2024 for improving cybersecurity and cyber resilience in the EU through common cybersecurity standards for products with digital elements in the EU.
Whilst most discussion are currently circling around the implications of the CRA and NIS2 for compliance in the cooperate world a more subtle but potentially more impactful aspect is overlooked.
This includes implications legal situation of security researchers, the more profound ones will probably impact software supply chains and the open source community.
Trans World Express
Mission
Assist people under threat from fascism to migrate to safer communities by connecting people with resources to people in need.
Vision
We ensure the freedom, safety and well-being of everyone having to flee and everyone helping them. Our solidarity transcends borders. We are one people.
Scope
We can't help all the people who need help from the get go. We need to focus on the people that we actually can help with the resources we have in the current situation. Right now, this is trans people in the US with the means to relocate to a different country and a chance to qualify for residency, by providing them with the information they need, including contacts to support groups and job networks. This scope will grow as our resources, capabilities and networks grow.
Ich erzähle hoffentlich lehrreiche praktische Geschichten vom Originalnazismus, Realsozialismus und anderen repressiven Strukturen und dem Leben darin. Von Leuten, die dabei waren und die mir davon erzählt haben. Und ein paar Dinge aus dem eigenen Erleben. Ein bisschen ernste Unterhaltung.
An introduction to ballroom dancing wtih little physical activity
The world runs on open source software (OSS), a nearly-invisible public good that enables nearly all internet-connected systems. It is now widely understood that vulnerabilities & backdoors in OSS libraries create public risk, which has led world governments to "get involved" in OSS in various ways. For example, new EU regulation aims to encourage responsible upstream participation in order to improve cybersecurity in the marketplace, and many governments now require some degree of disclosure of the composition of software (i.e., the SBOM) in order to mitigate supply chain risks.
However, two interdependent technical flaws remain unaddressed by current tools: (1) software composition cannot be accurately calculated retroactively, and (2) human-readable software identifiers (e.g., name+version+vendor) are the primary key of SBOMs, and are dangerously imprecise at the scale of OSS. These two factors create an unmanageable risk for governments.
Addressing this requires a foundational shift in how software is built -- we must start calculating software composition at build time, and recording composition with intrinsic identifiers in addition to human-readable names. We must also do this without burdening the OSS community with additional costs, or else any such requirement will remain unmet.
In this talk, I will show that we are close to a solution and how you can help.
Every day, our minds are actively being hacked for our detriment. Why can’t we turn the tables and hack minds for their benefit? Aphrodite discusses the basics on hacking her preferred platform, the humanOS, and why blue teaming the mind produces demonstrable, positive, prosocial, life enhancing changes.
Eine kurze Einführung in den Amateurfunk und der Möglichkeit, ohne Provider über Grenzen hinweg mit anderen Menschen in Kontakt zu kommen. Das ganze mit einem Stück Draht und Technik, die mit etwas Geschick am Lötkolben selbst zusammengebaut werden kann.
Let's discuss and practice anti face recognition techniques that are practical for different situations!
I will bring makeup for practicing and plan to work jointly on a fabric pattern that could be printed on neckscarves later. (Depending on ressources we can also check out LEDs etc. mounted on sunglasses and hats.)
Ich erkläre die Vorgaben und Unterschiede von Kritis Dachgesetz (physische Resilienz) und NIS2 (CyberCyber) und was die Defizite für eine rechte Resilienz sind.
02.05.2025, 16:45
Damit wir unsere Jobs in der IT-Security machen können, brauchen wir Aufträge. In diesem Workshop möchte ich mich mit euch über eure Erfahrungen, Tipps und Tricks zur Kund:innengewinnung sprechen.
Safeguarding Research & Culture. Resilience & the Value of Being Unorthodox
How ragtag bands of volunteers save data & why BitTorrent needs to be praised
Homepage: safeguar.de
Catalog: SciOp (for torrents)
Fediverse: @SafeguardingResearch@fedihum.org
Good article about the efforts:
https://www.france24.com/en/
Slides:
https://hu.berlin/SRC-ElaCon25
If you want to run applications in your own cloud environment on bare metal or even in an air gapped environment you need to learn to build your own cloud environment, probably with containers and Kubernetes.
The talk gives a short introduction into the security challenges and and how they have been addressed in OpenDesk, the German governments Cloud Native Desktop application framework. It covers the design of a BSI or Mitre compliant application in a DevSecOps environment.
Fasten your seatbelts for a wild ride through the network, storage and security world of the shiny new world of containers, glitches and pitfalls included.
Ulrike, a.k.a. Schneeeule Berlin, brews the best Berliner Weisse in the world. And she brought some samples for us. Drop by for a taste!
The Hachyderm Mastodon instance has around 10k active users and 45k accounts total. The instance itself is centered on trans and queer technologists and has an abundance of cisgender allies as well.
The founding of the instance, and how it is run today, has presented unique challenges for how we keep our members safe while also allowing us to have a mostly open registration. One of the more unique, at least in terms of the Fediverse, practices we have is how we handle preventative moderation. i.e. Find the harm before it reaches us.
Collecting and caring for knowledge in a sustainable way to write an online encyclopedia is very solarpunk. Wikipedia is not perfect (most things in life are not), but it's one of the greatest gifts that nerds gave to the world. The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit with its community of volunteers is one of the last big places on the Internet that is not driven by profit.
In this talk I will talk about new forms of knowledge generation. This includes Wikidata, a Wikimedia project that I've been working on for more than 10 years, and a new repository for functions called Wikifunctions. It will all come together in a vision of a Wikipedia that works beyond human languages and creates an Abstract Wikipedia through structured data from Wikidata and functional programming for Natural Language Generation from Wikifunctions.
This will get us closer to a world where everyone can share in the sum of all knowledge.
Wie müßte ein humorvolles Brettspiel über IT-, Security- und Datenschutzkarrieren – inspiriert vom klassischen “Spiel des Lebens” aussehen? In „Spiel des IT & Security Chaos-Lebens“ schlüpfen die Spieler:innen in die Rolle von IT-Security- und Datenschutz-Experten in einem großen Unternehmen. Mit einer Mischung aus Strategie, Glück und Storytelling navigiert ihr durch die Tücken des Büroalltags und der Karriereleiter. Dabei werden die realen Herausforderungen dieser Berufe mit einem Augenzwinkern präsentiert: Von ignoranten Vorständen über Budgetkürzungen bis zu sinnlosen Meetings und Zertifikatswahn. Wer schafft es, die Nerven zu behalten, CISO zu werden oder gar ein eigenes Security-Startup zu gründen – und wer landet im Burnout?
Spritely is building the next generation of decentralized networking technology.
We deserve social networks which respect our agency and autonomy. Communities deserve the right to organize, govern, and protect and enrich their members. All of these are natural outgrowths of applying the principles of fundamental human rights to networked systems.
Spritely builds on our experience co-authoring ActivityPub, the largest decentralized social network on the web to date, while applying powerful ideas from object capability security research.
Better worlds await, because better worlds are possible. Let's build a healthier and safer network together!
Das Aussprechen deines Namens ist ein arkaner Akt. Erforschen wir gemeinsam die Esoterik, die Namen inne wohnt.
Quo vadis, Trans World Express? Strategy, structure, people, processes, organization.
Vorstellungen des Digitalen Verbraucherschutzes beim BSI und Möglichkeiten der Zusammenarbeit
Die Alte Försterei ist ein Hausprojekt in Staakow, wir stellen uns vor.
Nexus Moving Company is a sister project to Trans World Express, focusing on relocation of trans people within the US to safer places. Remy, founder of Nexus, will talk about their approach towards operational security and vetting.
One key indicator of voters turning towards populism and thus fashists is the feeling of a lack of perspective. Usually brought about by degrading infrastructure, the absence of infrastructure deemed to apropriate and loss in faith of institutions of democracy.
This can be understood as a motivation to engage in civic-tech as a form of anti fashist activism.
I will try to summarize what I learned in my five year long journey starting with the #wirvsvirus hackathon of the german gouverment in 2020 .
Seit 10 Jahren besitze ich einen Segelschein und kurz darauf kam ich in den Besitz eines Segelboots in Berlin. Ich berichte von meiner Liebe zum Segeln und freue mich auf andere Segelnde in dieser Session.
We’re a collective from Lusatia, Potsdam, Berlin & Bremen using Mobilizon in the Fediverse to make emancipatory events visible – beyond Big Tech. It’s not about one central tool, but about building federated bridges between local platforms. Let’s share experiences & ideas for better grassroots coordination!
More: https://vonunten.org
https://rotes.potsda.mn/
Disasters are not as discrete as they appear to be. Whether fire or flood, it's difficult to separate out discrete events from climate change and the overall global disasters in the political, economic and social realms. Those who respond to disasters around the world find themselves thinking of disasters not as discrete events but as waypoints on a single, global continuum.
This talk briefly covers the essay "The Long Disaster", a collection of thoughts on gaps that communities can contemplate as they set out to on a path towards resilience against the local impact of global disasters.
We tried to explain to Karl Lauterbach the concept of root cause analysis. He didn't get it. So gematik blocked the one way to exploit that we presented at C3. Seems we found another one within hours of the go live.
Working with textile mediums like yarn, thread, and floss is generally seen as a feminine hobby and as thus is usually classified as craft, not art. And crafting is something people, maybe even people usually seen as a bit boring, do in their free time to unwind. Most of us have grown up with the image of the loving grandmother knitting socks for the family, an act of care that was never considered anything special.
The patriarchal society’s tendency to underestimate anything considered feminine and, inextricably connected to this, domestic is an ongoing struggle. But being underestimated also provides a cover and with it the opportunity for subversion and resistance.
Let me take you back in time to show you how people used textile crafts to organise resistance and shape movements. Like the quilts that were designed and sewn to help enslaved people in the US escape slavery navigate the Underground Railroad from the 1780s on, or the knitted garments that carried information about the Nazis to help resistance in occupied Europe during World War II, or the cross stitches by a prisoner of war that had Nazis unknowingly display art saying “Fuck Hitler”.
Textile crafts have been used by marginalised and disenfranchised people to protest, to organise, and to persist for centuries. This tradition found a new rise in what is now called “craftivism” and is using the internet to build bigger communities spanning the world. These communities also come together to help, often quite tangibly by creating specific items like the home-sewn masks during early Covid19. In addition, crafting has scientifically-proven benefits for one’s mental health.
The skills to create enable people to resist and to persist.
warm, deep and hard DnB (and maybe some Dubstep) for your soul
https://links.potsda.mn/@cursedin
https://soundcloud.com/cursedin
Jungle / D& B
https://soundcloud.com/barbnerdy/frelauf-camp
DnB and Bass-Pop
Sailing through the ever flowing waters of Charybdis, worshipping the dark and hypnotic crafts.
Meine Damen und Herren? Mesdames et Messieurs? Ladies and Gentlemen.
Where are your troubles now? Forgotten? I told you so! We have no troubles here.
Here life is beautiful? The girls are beautiful? Even the orchestra is beautiful.
SCHULTZ: Just children. Mischievous children on their way to school. You understand.
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: I understand. One does what one must.
SALLY: It'll all work out. It's only politics, and what's that got to do with us?
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER: I must be sensible. If the Nazis come- what other choice have I?
SCHULTZ: I know I am right? Because I understand the Germans. After all, what am I? A German.
SALLY: I made my mind up back in Chelsea. When I go I'm going like Elsie.
... from cradle to tomb
Isn't that long a stay.
Life is a cabaret, old chum,
Life is a cabaret, old chum,
Life is a cabaret.
EMCEE:
Auf Wiedersehen!
A bientot!
Good night?
Slot Mumpi / Phonoelit