under the motto do something some fifteen thousand participants are attending the annual congress of the chaos computer club. normally of this c.c.t.v. cameras at the leipzig conference center record everything but right now they're switched off one major theme at this year's chaos computer club congress is privacy including house state surveillance and spices tems and danger it. those who want to be able to hack an entire population need to find a unique vulnerability on every single device but that doesn't mean that this point of access will only be exploited by authorities fighting crime. computer club members have warned that such vulnerabilities leave users open to being spied on by criminals or even foreign governments but digital rights groups also warn users that they're handing over too much personal information voluntarily including to big businesses like facebook and google. does it have and this data is used to build the most accurate user profile possible this is then used for business and sometimes even to manipulate us it's not always for profit but very very often it is the chaos comput

a very unusual congress is underway now in light sega's journeys digital activists in the chaos computer club hold that annual get together in a very clandestine setting also coming up in our series following the new silk road this week why china is so interested in building billion dollar trade links with africa and christmas consumption binges over again but many are returning items they weren't happy with as retailers stopped taking stock of their earnings. and daniel winter and this is your business update the chaos computer club has been keeping tabs on surveillance privacy and data security issues for over thirty years its annual meet ups of grown a lot and the leipzig event is no different the latest cyber threats and data privacy issues top the agenda and that will snowden is this year's keynote speaker you might notice the lighting is a bit dim here because unusually for events like this no one wants to be in the limelight. events that like to trade fair grounds don't usually have such a clunker stein and secretive feel some areas are right off limits to t.v. cameras it's the fi

very unusual congress gets under way in lights it does germany's digital activists in the chaos computer club that annual get together in a very. also coming up in our series following the new silk road this week why china is so interested in building billion dollar trade links with africa and that christmas consumption binge is over again but many are returning items they were unhappy with and retailers are starting to take stock of their a. i'm daniel winter and this is your business update it's europe's largest association of hackers and it's holding its annual congress this week and the chaos computer club has been keeping tabs on surveillance privacy and data security issues in more than thirty years since its founding its annual meet ups have grown even larger and the lights event is no different topics this year will include the latest cyber threats and data privacy issues and this will also participate in digital activism seven edward snowden is this year's keynote speaker. and you may have noticed something that the lighting is very dim because unusually for vents like this no o

europe's biggest hacker collective, the chaos computer club, is hosting the congress, which is lookingthe spread of fake news online. our reporter nina is that that congress. she spoke to one of the organizers of the event. reporter: i am now joined by one of the speakers of the chaos computer club. there has been a lot of talk about fake news. it is a topic in some of the panels here. what is your reaction to the term fake news? >> for us the term does not really fit into the topic because we are talking about news that are wrong, so somehow this is mismatched, and this is nothing that is new, because we have seen that in the past. we know that even classic media produce raw news in the past, and the only difference is that more and more people are producing those news because the users of the internet are now participants in the news in spreading those information. reporter: what are some of the concrete measures you impose and can be used to counteract the dissemination? >> we talked about how to field the news and understand the news and to question information we actually read on

computers. the chaos communication congress in leipzig ends on saturday.iel: and hot on santa's heels, amazon employees at the major distribution center here in germany are going on strike. they are unhappy about pay and have been for the past four years, striking several times over that period. the union says they should be paid the same as retail workers. amazon argues that their employees are more of a logistics firm, saying these strikes will not interrupt deliveries. the industrial action will continue until the end of saturday. let's go to china now, and all week we are looking at the new silk road. its namesake was an agent trade route which ran from china to the rest of asia and beyond. the chinese government is investing hundreds of billions in infrastructure projects to resurrect that trade route on land and on water as well. today we are stopping in africa. since 2005, the chinese have invested $66 billion across the continent. that makes them the largest investors there. they are pumping money into the construction of harbors, roads, and railwa

among the key points of discussion europe's the biggest a hacker collective the chaos a computer club is hosting the congress which is also looking closely at the spread of the news on the internet edward snowden the former u.s. intelligence contractor who exposed government surveillance programs back in two thousand and thirteen is also due to make an appearance by a video link. all right in our own is at the convention hi nina fake news is such a hot button issue right now around the globe how is that issue being addressed at the convention where you are. well a lot of course this congress has a very strong focus on technology but he mustn't forget that it's also where civil society comes to to get to debate the topics of the future and the current topics that many people feel are not being addressed enough by politicians by journalists etc and so we call them hackers but in fact the people you know that technological people but they're also very philosophical and so when you talk about fake news for example there are workshops here in panel discussions that range from jill to bubbles and disseminating how

the motto do something as some fifteen thousand participants are attending the annual congress of the chaos computer club. electric cars have been told to does the next big thing for transportation because they are considered better for the environment but experts are already warning that some of the technological infrastructure for e-cards is vulnerable to being hacked in germany customers of public charging stations are exposed to fraud because twins action data isn't encrypted researchers say that's because companies are placing other priorities ahead of security. these companies are growing very quickly simply because they want to have the best location for their charging infrastructure and they are trying to. build the infrastructure right now and have the profits later so they occur growing more quickly instead of focusing on the security side of things while charging stations are one topic but of course the chaos communication congress is about online security internet security and data protection in general and the question of course is always is enough being done by the regulators and that

europe's biggest hacker collective the chaos computer club is hosting the congress which is also looking closely at the spread of fake news online. our reporter nina haas is at that congress earlier she spoke to one of the organizers of the event. i'm not joined by if i catch one of the speakers of the chaos computer club psych eval there has been a lot of talk about fake news it's also a topic in some of the panels here what is your reaction to the term fake names. for us the term fake news doesn't really fit into the topic because we're talking about news that are wrong so somehow displaced or mismatched and this is nothing that is actually new because we have seen that in the past so we know that even classic media produced wrong news in the past and the only difference is that. more and more people are producing those news because the uses of the internet are now participants in the news and in spreading those informations and what are some of the concrete measures that you propose that can be implemented to counteract the dissemination of fake news and such a level so we actually kn

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it is europe's largest association of hackers and it's holding its annual congress this week in leipsic the chaos computer club of germany has focused on surveillance piracy and data security issues in the more than thirty years then it's found its annual meet ups have gotten ever larger and this week's event is no different topics this year will include the latest cyber threats and data privacy issues members will also participate in so-called activism sessions a kind of constructive. ever snowden is this year's keynote speaker. but has been there revealed that they discovered flaws in the payment system of public charging stations of for electric cars are reported to bellow is there in lights. just how much owners of electric cars are vulnerable to. well the main issue with electric cars is actually the loading stations public loading stations that is people normally have a car that they use to pay for the energy the electricity that they put on their cars and they have a card that is apparently not secure enough so the data on that card can be copied and when that happens anyone can basically use the s

fifteen thousand computer hackers are gathering in light safe today that's right yours largest association of hackers is holding its annual congress this week in the chaos computer club has focused on surveillance piracy and data security issues for more than thirty years its annual gatherings have gotten ever larger and topics at this week's event will include the latest cyber threats and data privacy issues members will also participate in so-called activism sessions that's kind of ethical to expose security risks the controversial former cia employee and whistleblower edward snowden will deliver the keynote address. by the organizers have revealed that they have discovered flaws in the payment system of public charging stations for electric cars are reported she pondered bellow is there in lights and i asked him earlier just how vulnerable owners of electric cars are two hundred. well the main issue with electric cars is actually the loading stations have like loading stations that is people normally have a car that they use to pay for the energy the electricity that they put on their cars and they have a card that is apparently not secure enough so

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computer nerds some call them digital cyber security experts either way these guys are holding an annual congress this week in leipzig daniel has the data well if they know the highest class the chaos computer club has been giving tabs on surveillance privacy and data security issues for over thirty years its annual meet ups have grown ever larger leipzig event is no different they just cyber threats and data privacy issues top the agenda and edward snowden is this year's keynote speaker and you might notice looking at the pictures there the lighting is did because unusually for events like this no one wants to be in the limelight. events that like to trade fair grounds don't usually have such a clunker stein and secretive feel some areas are right off limits to t.v. cameras it's the first time the venue is hosting a convention by europe's biggest hacker group the chaos computer club with visitors from across the world. to see and to learn i want to learn as much as possible internets the internet security advances. my head will probably explode while i'm here i hope. the array of c.c.t.v. cameras normally used to track trade papers it has been turned off on exactly keen on being w

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