Thread by @doctorow

I'm about to go offline until 2021 and I had planned to do ABSOLUTELY NO WORK OF ANY SORT while on break, but I made an exception, for an exceptional opportunity: the 32nd Chaos Communications Congress, which is remote this year.

rc3.world

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CCC is - notoriously - held during Christmas week, which means that the attendees are limited to people who either care about tech policy and security more than their families, or people who can talk their families into coming along.

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It's one of the best events I've ever attended (I brought my family along). My talk at that event, "The Coming War on General Purpose Computing," has had a long afterlife, in large part because of the kind and thoughtful reactions of the attendees.



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I've been trying to get back ever since but haven't managed it - until this year. RC3 (the first all-remote CCC) has invited me to speak on Dec 27.

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I'm doing two back-to-back events: a talk called "What the cyberoptimists got wrong - and what to do about it" then a "fireside chat" (a reading from my book ATTACK SURFACE followed by a Q&A).

They're back-to-back, starting at 10AM Pacific (7PM CET) and running to 12/9PM.

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The tickets are currently sold out, but they've mooted releasing another block. If you're attending, I hope you'll consider tuning into my talk (and of course, as with all CCC talks, these will be online shortly thereafter for public viewing).

events.ccc.de/2020/12/08/rc3…

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