ChaosMeeting 2026/04

• 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

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The 10 handhelds have arrived, and the batteries are in the space. Virii flashed 2 Thinknodes with Meshcore and 2 Heltec compagnons with Meshtastic. Virii watches with Ben for an appointment at the DEA.

Everything depends on X, who is still editing the logo and wanted to copy fflux's website.

https://meshcore-de.fyi/meshcore:allgemeines:regions:reale-regions-in-repeatern Wir schauen uns um im BENELUX bereich welche regios zutreffen.

Offizielle Meshnet nodes erhalten CLub info. dh info@c3l.lu Allerdings sind Private nodes Betreiber sind gebeten ihre eigene Kontaktdaten zu hinterlegen.

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.

• 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
    1. AI agentic coding tools destroy SaaS (software as a service)
    2. AI agents displace human interaction (e.g. travel booking, insurance renewal, financial advice)
    3. 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”'

Wir sollten uns ein Positionspapier erstellen.

• 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

Es ist die unendtliche Geschichte… Wir lesen uns mal bei der EDRI und co. ein um unsere Position und Argumente zu stärken.