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Shortly after publication of the article, a cooperation offer was received, followed by a nice phone call. We hope that we can soon realise our plans for a bigger offer in the areas of informatics, data souvereignty, etc. for children and adolescents, but also for teachers and parents, in Bonn!

Teckids at the rC3

From December 27th to 30th, 2020, 13 members of Teckids e.V. took part in the virtual "Remote Chaos Experience" (rC3) as a replacement for the cancelled Chaos Communication Congress. Despite minor technical difficulties, it was seen as a sucessful and rewarding event by our participants.

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Group photo (© Dominik George)

<span class="filer_image_info"> <span class="title"> Group photo (© Dominik George) </span> </span>

In order to depict the Congress as realistically as possible, some elements of the event were made into a 2D map, so the participants could gather for the traditional group photo, for example. This also allowed for the creative use of WorkAdventure, the software used to implement the 2D map.

The rC3 also offered the opportunity to attend various talks and workshops, for example on the subject of encryption or software in public administration, but also on the digitization of schools. There was also the opportunity to exchange ideas about the school information system

<strong> Some comments from our members: </strong>

<em> Kirill Schmidt: </em> Two talks I found especially interesting were "Youngsters as contributors" and "Bye-bye, end-to-end encryption?". The latter showed the urgent need for the Freedombox session. I thought the idea of the rC3-World was cool. The system was glitchy, howewer, not only during our talk. I think the 36C3 was better.

<em> Lukas Weichelt: </em> I especially liked the rC3 because there was a world where you could meet up and talk via Proximity Chat. I also liked the talk on creating and modifying one's own Linux distro. It was about extracting the ISOs and integrating an installer.

Also, there were badges hidden in the rC3 world. We reverse-engineered the map in order to find the badges and submit them automatically. And I've learned how to extract strings from a file and how to download files using wget while automatically creating directories. Lastly, I've learned how to build maps for WorkAdventure, the software used for the rC3 world.

<em> Benedict Suska: </em> I liked the rC3, even if it could not replace an actual Congress. I liked the organisators' idea of realising some elements of the real congress as a 2D map, as the rC3 felt more realistic when you had to wait at meeting points.

Personally, I liked the talks which explained how the "Corona-Warn-App" works and how you can replace their function with an ESP. Also, the talks on the use of Office 365 in schools and the inclusion of backdoors in end-to-end encyptions were informative and interesting.

A personal highlight was the talk "Youngsters as contributors", which I gave together with Jonah, Kirill and Nik.

<em> Robert Seimetz: </em> I thought the rC3 was a nice replacement for a real congress, but I would have much preferred the real 37c3. I disliked the technical problems and the activation of certain functions 0.7356 femtoseconds before the congress. I found the talk about the Fediverse's rose-colored glasses interesting. I also really liked the idea of cyberspace, even though the implementation on the part of the community did not work in some places.

<em> Jonathan Weth: </em> For me, the rc3 was the first time I took part in a chaos event. I was very surprised by the variety of lectures, workshops and activities. From EU politics to waffle baking - you could experience all of this. I was astonished by the infrastructure the CCC worked with to run this major digital event, and that it was possible to realise approx. 15 (I think) streams simultaneously without using proprietary platforms such as YouTube. Of course there were technical problems from time to time, but that the implementation worked at all was admirable.

The most exciting and at the same time frightening was certainly the presentation by two security researchers who found serious weaknesses in the OK.Vote software for counting votes. The state of the German IT structure in the healthcare sector was similarly frightening. System errors, per-se incorrectly designed software and outdated equipment do not give a good idea when it comes to protecting patient data.

The "digital schools" topic also found a lot of resonance, for example in the "Youngsters as contributors" talk or during personal exchanges about AlekSIS and <a href="http://schulverwalter.de" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="http://schulverwalter.de"> schulverwalter.de </a> . Finally, I can say that the four days were a lot of fun and I hope to be there in person next time.

<em> Nikolas Scheer: </em> That was my first visit to rC3 and so far I have enjoyed it a lot. I particularly liked the lecture on school tools, which included a lot of programs that I was not yet familiar with. The lecture on the history of text editing tools was also interesting. It started with the first typewriter and ended with open (this means that everyone can view and edit the code of the program) text editing tools. Then it was about the fact that it is much safer to use open text programs than paid programs where you don't know what is being sent back to the creator and where your subscription can easily be withdrawn if, for example, your country is in trouble with the manufacturer. In addition, it is also really important to activate end-to-end encryption in your chats, because then people who want to intercept the chat only get confused stuff (this is especially important in form secrets), as I learned in a lecture. The lectures in English and the political lectures were not so interesting. Then I wanted to go to the Git workshop, but there were problems with me and other problems to find the space. In the end, there was a very large selection of lectures, only a few of which I could attend.