GEN-AI? Nein Danke
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is
Highly recommend this talk by @pluralistic on #39c3. Way too many quotable statements in there for one post, just check it out and start seizing the means of computation.
39C3 - A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet
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Highly recommend this talk by @pluralistic on #39c3. Way too many quotable statements in there for one post, just check it out and start seizing the means of computation.
39C3 - A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet
YouTube
馃摚 NEW w/#UdbhavTiwari Mapping the technical reality & privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra
We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent.
@Mer__edith why didn't you take questions after the talk? There was plenty of time left in your slot :/
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GEN-AI? Nein Danke
Who else kept thinking "that's how the light comes in" whenever @pluralistic said "The door is open a crack" in his talk at #39c3 ?
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Context: Leonhard Cohen, "Anthem".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-BT6y_wYg
Leonard Cohen - Anthem (Official Live in London 2008)
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Who else kept thinking "that's how the light comes in" whenever @pluralistic said "The door is open a crack" in his talk at #39c3 ?
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Context: Leonhard Cohen, "Anthem".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-BT6y_wYg
Leonard Cohen - Anthem (Official Live in London 2008)
YouTube
deepest #39C3 sticker
The Pink Ranger hacker deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the #39c3 https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/
Ireland showed up at #39C3 in Hamburg over Christmas. A big crew with ties to TOG and the wider Irish maker scene formed the @irishembassy Assembly. Type G socket pride, TOG stamps in hackerspace passports, and workshops in the Hardware Hacking Area. Full write-up with photos and links here: https://www.tog.ie/2026/01/the-irish-embassy-at-39c3/
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@tog/115847520701711607
feeling weird about hackers LARPing as states and even doing border control shit that is traumatising and even killing people in the real world
I'm looking for a #39c3 talk to watch with my wife to get her into it - any recommendations? She's not a coder or hacker and she is an English native speaker and still learning German, so an English talk would make sense.
The Pink Ranger hacker deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the #39c3 https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/
Just bought my DRM-free eBook of Enshittification by @pluralistic from https://craphound.com/shop/. Looking forward to reading it following his talk at #39c3!
Just bought my DRM-free eBook of Enshittification by @pluralistic from https://craphound.com/shop/. Looking forward to reading it following his talk at #39c3!
Ireland showed up at #39C3 in Hamburg over Christmas. A big crew with ties to TOG and the wider Irish maker scene formed the @irishembassy Assembly. Type G socket pride, TOG stamps in hackerspace passports, and workshops in the Hardware Hacking Area. Full write-up with photos and links here: https://www.tog.ie/2026/01/the-irish-embassy-at-39c3/
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@tog/115847520701711607
feeling weird about hackers LARPing as states and even doing border control shit that is traumatising and even killing people in the real world
Ireland showed up at #39C3 in Hamburg over Christmas. A big crew with ties to TOG and the wider Irish maker scene formed the @irishembassy Assembly. Type G socket pride, TOG stamps in hackerspace passports, and workshops in the Hardware Hacking Area. Full write-up with photos and links here: https://www.tog.ie/2026/01/the-irish-embassy-at-39c3/