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OWNI erected its tent at the Chaos Communication Camp this year for five days. Where? In an ancient Soviet military base, complete with airplanes and an open air museum. 3,500 hackers were expected for what is known to be the largest assembly of the kind in Europe. Here’s a collection of the best of OWNI’s interviews from these five days in the heart of hackerdom.
Birgitta Jónsdóttir: “Keep the freedom of information what it should be: free.”
The Icelandic deputy Birgitta Jónsdóttir is the backbone behind the Icelandic Media Modernization Initiative (IMMI), a resolution that aims to make Iceland into a paradise for freedom of expression.
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Macro: “I hope that being part of a hackerspace will no longer be so underground.”
Created in 1995 in Berlin, the C-Base was one of the first hackerspaces in the world, even if it has begun to think of itself as more of a makerspace. 350 members strong, it hosts CCC events and artistic performances. We look under the tent with Marco, their current “chief.”
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