ChaosMeeting 2026/04

Date	09/03/2026
Time	20:00
Location	ChaosStuff / nextcloud
Administrative Council Attendees:	xbr, virii, orimpe
Minutes Recording	orimpe

Agenda

Meshnet

Website

Handheld nodes ??? did they arrive yet?

Branding / how to promote/talk about Meshnet

Node config: regio Settings

Owner Info → Mail alias

What is our (and the CCC's) opinion/stance on (Gen)AI?

Privacy violations: Age/ID verification online

Pre-Minutes

MeshNet

Regions Settings Brainstorm

Region	Details
europe	ganz Europa
lu	Luxemburg
be	Belgien
fr	Frankreich
de-he	Hessen
de-rp	Rheinland-Pfalz

https://meshcore-de.fyi/meshcore:allgemeines:regions:reale-regions-in-repeatern

(Gen)AI

Generative AI is, whether we want it or not, quite present in society, including the news. It is only a matter of time before we get asked about it, f.i. by the press. We should discuss this topic, and write down our thoughts, as to have a coherent public stance.

What lens would the press approach this with? What exactly do we need to prepare? This is a broad topic.

Random Links (food for thought)

AI and copyright

Europe's "Text and Data Mining" (TDM) exception is the legal basis for AI training

German court says: "training is allowed, memorization is not", you cannot repeat a song's lyrics.

Niche Substack article about AI nightmare scenario impacts the market

Context:

fictional "memo from June 2028", imagining how the current AI boom could trigger a systemic economic crisis

core thesis: AI doesn't need to fail to cause a crisis, it just needs to succeed fast enough

AI agentic coding tools destroy SaaS (software as a service)

AI agents displace human interaction (e.g. travel booking, insurance renewal, financial advice)

Overall impact on many white-collar workers becoming redundant

FT calls it out (and The Economist too), saying the economics of the article don't make sense, but calls it 'interesting as a “thought-provoking example of scenario analysis”'

ID/Age verification

Age verification through selfie or ID everywhere

Discord, Minecraft, social media, etc.

cost: data privacy, surveillance

https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification

Friedrich Merz wants to see real names online (heise)

Criticism of Merz's anti-anonymity (heise)

Digitale Führerschäin (education?) instead of "interdiction des réseaux sociaux pour les moins de 16 ans"

https://www.rtl.lu/news/national/ass-dschoul-haut-scho-fit-fir-dzukunft-447439170