ChaosMeeting 2026/04

• Meshnet
  • Website
  • Handheld nodes ??? did they arrive yet?
  • Branding / how to promote/talk about Meshnet
• What is our (and the CCC's) opinion/stance on (Gen)AI?
• Privacy violations: Age/ID verification online

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”'

• 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)