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<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Dear NCUCers,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">happy new year! </span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">As the last act of 2013, I attended the Chaos Communication Congress
(CCC). As </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">I believe this is a relevant venue for NCUC, this mail
is to share a few impressions/reflections that you might find interesting.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The CCC (or 30C3, given this is edition number 30), is probably the
biggest </span><span class="currentHitHighlight" id="0.030092421220615506" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="background-color: rgb(216, 35, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">hacker</span><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> festival/gathering
in the world. It takes place annually in Germany (historically in Berlin, nowadays in Hamburg), towards the end of the year (December 27-30). </span></p>
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<p><br style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Imagine some >9500 </span><span class="highlight" id="0.6266192097682506" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="background-color: rgb(255, 238, 148); color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">hacker</span><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">s
in one place, engaged in a sort of around-the-clock marathon of talks, hacking and partying. Interestingly, there is not only politics there (not necessarily a given in this environment), but there are also quite some internet governance debates. Now, we have
to understand internet governance in its broadest sense, one that includes the current hot issue (surveillance) and a variety of public policy issues concering data privacy, transparency, retention etc. </span><br style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">There were debates on SOPA/PIPA (nothing new here), on the EU policies
concerning privacy and data retention, on net neutrality... and the rooms were very, very full. </span></p>
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<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font color="#282828" face="Segoe UI WPC, Segoe UI, Tahoma, Microsoft Sans Serif, Verdana, sans-serif" size="2">I believe the NCUC should make sure to have a presence at CCC as well, and more generally liaise with
hacker community(ies). </font></span><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">You might remember that I am very
new to this ICANN business, but particularly concerned with inclusion and participation of those communities which are excluded (or, best said, typically self-excluded) from these processes - yet, they are relevant communities and have much to say, with a
legitimacy which is derived from serving very real communities, and from a hands-on approach that is informed, very concrete and problem-solving-oriented (while being rooted on </span><span class="highlight" id="0.23286177963018417" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="background-color: rgb(255, 238, 148); color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">hacker</span><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> ethics). </span><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The
challenge is to think about ways in which this wonderful container of ideas, values and knowledge can be involved in what we do and care about. </span><br style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<br style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">If you are curious, check out the (messy) event blog: events.ccc.de -
and do drop me an email if you are interesting in exchanging ideas or have any suggestion in this regard. </span></p>
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<p><font color="#282828" face="Segoe UI WPC, Segoe UI, Tahoma, Microsoft Sans Serif, Verdana, sans-serif" size="2">Happy new year!</font><br style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
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