Sebastian Krzyszkowiak @dos@librem.one

The sucky thing about working in infosec is that you can't talk about most of the wildest, coolest projects you end up getting pulled into. It's paid work done under NDAs.

The train research done by @redford, @q3k, and @mrtick is a prime example of something that usually wouldn't see the light of day - and I'm really happy that they were able to buck the trend:

https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains

At #37c3 they have IRC, and Matrix for text and for voice they setup their own LTE/2G/3G/SIP/DECT network where you bring whatever phone-like device and pick a 4 digit phone number.

Meanwhile in the USA for #defcon they just paid Discord money and told everyone to accept their privacy policy, and even the DC Privacy Village asks people to sign up for Slack and Google.

People ask why I fly to CCC from the USA. It is because that is the closest place to find a thriving hacker culture.

The recording of my "Browsers biggest TLS Mistake" lightning talk at #37C3:

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Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains has been released on media.ccc.de https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains

I remember quitting right after #29C3, the 2012 Congress:
https://web.archive.org/web/20221231004720/https://twitter.com/rysiekpl/status/285832342096973824

Between then and now, every Congress, every hacker camp, incessantly promoted Twitter. Invited people to tweet under the relevant hashtag, displayed tweets on at-venue screens all over the place, etc.

This year it's all fedi. Toots in #37C3 displayed along the @name@example.org address; @Tusky (and possibly other fedi apps) getting their own info cards on these as well.

I waited for this for a decade.

#Fediverse

Happy Train's Secondary Compressor Stops Working Day to all who celebrate it! 🤗

Oh look, ED78-010 is celebrating with us! Good to see you, number ten.

https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/skandal-na-kolei-pociag-newagu-stanal-bo-znowu-nadszedl-21-grudnia/41mdspf

Because the abled world decided that COVID was over for them, COVID will seemingly never be over for some of us. All of the abled people who continue to whine about having to stay at home in 2020 (it was never lockdown, and I will never call it that) and how horrible it was to go without social interaction have pretty much ensured that some of us will never be able to socialize with anyone except through screens.

Hospitals are reinstating mask mandates and they’re still not getting it.

#newag