The 33rd annual four-day hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress, organised by EDRi member Chaos Computer Club, took place on 27-30 December 2016. The congress offered lectures, workshops and other events on various topics related to information technology and its effects on the society. These issues are now more pressing than ever, so in case you missed the conference, we have selected some of the must-see sessions on digital rights.

Talks by EDRi members and observers

Privatisierung der Rechtsdurchsetzung – Was der Anti-Terror-Kampf von der Urheberrechtsdurchsetzung lernen kann (Markus Beckedahl, Digitale Gesellschaft) – in German



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8040-privatisierung_der_rechtsdurchsetzung

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité… and privacy?! (Agnès de Cornulier and Christopher Talib, La Quadrature du Net)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8072-liberte_egalite_fraternite_and_privacy

3 Years After Snowden: Is Germany fighting State Surveillance? – A Closer Look at the Political Reactions to Mass Surveillance in Germany (Anna, and Andre Meister, AK Zensur)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8117-3_years_after_snowden_is_germany_fighting_state_surveillance

Netzpolitik in Österreich – Ein Jahresrückblick aus dem Land der Datenberge (Thomas Lohninger, Initiative für Netzfreiheit, and Alexander Czadilek, AK Vorrat Austria) – in German



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8293-netzpolitik_in_osterreich

Make the Internet Neutral Again – Let’s put the new EU Net Neutrality rules to work (Thomas Lohninger, Initiative für Netzfreiheit, and Christopher Talib, La Quadrature du Net)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8076-make_the_internet_neutral_again

The Fight for Encryption in 2016 – Crypto fight in the Wake of Apple v. FBI (Kurt Opsahl, EFF)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8295-the_fight_for_encryption_in_2016

Some other interesting talks, selected by our Open Web Fellow Sid Rao

Copywrongs 2.0 – We must prevent EU copyright reform from breaking the internet (Julia Reda)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8229-copywrongs_2_0

Stopping law enforcement hacking (Christopher Soghoian)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8136-stopping_law_enforcement_hacking

Million Dollar Dissidents and the Rest of Us – Uncovering Nation-State Mobile Espionage in the Wild (Bill Marczak and John Scott-Railton)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8115-million_dollar_dissidents_and_the_rest_of_us

Retail Surveillance / Retail Countersurveillance (Adam Harvey)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8238-retail_surveillance_retail_countersurveillance

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? – Becoming a secret travel agent (Karsten Nohl and Nemanja Nikodijevic)



Link: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-7964-where_in_the_world_is_carmen_sandiego