Archiv:2007/Geek-Aktivismus

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Die Thesen

englisch

1. Reclaim the term "hacker". If you tinker with electronics, you are a hacker. If you use things in more ways than intended by the manufacturer, you are a hacker. If you build things out of strange, unexpected parts, you are a hacker. Reclaim the term.
2. Violating a license agreement is not theft.
   1. Jamasi
   2. Amon
   3. Sr
3. All corporations are not on your side.
4. Keep in touch with everyone you can vote for and make sure you know where they stand on the issues you care about.
   1. Jamasi
   2. Amon
   3. Sr
5. More importantly, make sure they know where you stand on the issues you care about.
   1. Jamasi
   2. Amon
   3. Sr
6. Everything will enter the public domain some day- even Mickey Mouse.
   1. Jamasi
   2. Amon
   3. Sr
   4. lynX
7. Read the original 95 theses. Yes, they are irrelevant to these causes. Yes, they are religious- and not even close to my religion. And yes, they are 500 years old. But they do demonstrate how stating your beliefs clearly, effectively and publicly to challenge the status quo can change the world. Of course, I have no delusions of grandeur!
8. Use TOR for privacy and anonymity.
   1. Jamasi
   2. Amon
9. Trusted computers must not be trusted.
   1. Sr
   2. lynX
10. Democrats may seem to be on your side, but keep an eye on them. They may only be the lesser of two evils.
11. Republicans may seem to be the enemy, but that is only because they are in power now. The true enemy is a lack of accountability.
12. Read Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
13. Why do I have to jump through hoops just to get video off my own home movie DVDs?
    1. Sr
14. Know the DMCA so you know what you are up against.
    1. Sr (der grossteil der copyright lobbyarbeit kommt aus den USA -> so kann es ausgehen)
15. The true enemy is the line: “If you haven’t done anything wrong, what do you fear?” The problem with that line, as Schneier has said, is that it assumes that the desire for privacy implies wrong-doing.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
16. Proprietary data formats must never store public information.
    1. Amon
    2. Sr
    3. lynX
17. Some corporations are on your side- find them and reward them.
18. No one has ever told me where I could play my 45 RPMs. Why are my MP3s any different?
    1. Jamasi
19. The analog hole is not a hole. The world is analog.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
20. If you are in the US, let your Senator know what you feel.
21. Treating your customers like criminals- or potential criminals- will turn customers away.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
22. This bears repeating, treating paying customers as potential criminals is a losing strategy.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
23. Some corporations may seem to be on your side, but are not.
24. Fair use is a good thing.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
25. Use multiple operating systems regularly so you truly understand interoperability.
26. Write to your local newspaper- they can shape the opinions of the people do not understand the issues we care about.
    1. Sr
27. Do not follow the Electronic Frontier Foundation, participate in it.
    1. lynX
28. Read of Thoreau’s words on civil disobedience.
    1. Jamasi?
29. Data mining will not stop terror.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
30. Express your opinion in public.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
31. Blog.
32. The GPL is not gospel, but it comes close.
33. Use multiple MP3/music players so you truly understand interoperability.
34. If you are in the US, let your house representative know how you feel.
35. Those in favor of suspending some liberties for security, answer this: “Who watches the watchers?”
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
36. Except for extreme cases, the government should not be in the business of parenting our children.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
37. When arguing with people who disagree, be polite, but not condescending.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
38. RFID is just a technology- its existence does not make us more secure.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
39. Now and in the future, presence of encryption implies nothing. In fact, whatever it does imply is none of your business. Without any other probable cause, the user must not bear the burden of explaining reasons for use of encryption.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
40. Flame wars help the other side.
    1. Sr
41. New technologies to promote and develop media will prosper because of computers and the Internet, not inspite of it.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
42. Security is a trade-off- what are you willing to give up?
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
43. Calling Microsoft evil buys you nothing- it only polarizes the argument.
    1. Sr
44. Holding Google to its “Don’t do evil” mantra buys us a lot.
45. Read of Gandhi’s actions in civil disobedience. Discover Satyagraha.
46. Use Creative Commons.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
47. Understand the difference between civil disobedience and breaking the law.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
48. Can’t find anything to watch on network TV? Watch Democracy TV.
49. Frame the argument in terms of the average person, not the edge-case geek. These problems affect geeks first, but will affect everyone in the future.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
50. Privacy, civil liberties and civil rights are a slippery slope. The reason we continuously fight for them is not that we all seek a utopian society where doves fly free- in fact, I seek a perpetual ‘tug-of-war’ where the rope gradually slips in the direction of my beliefs.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
51. Users do not want the permission to use digital media; they want to own digital media. This means using them as they choose, where they choose, in the device of their choice without fear of litigation or sudden inactivity. These users are customers- treat them with respect.
    1. Amon
    2. Sr
    3. lynX
52. Support the free, public domain archives of information.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
53. Undermine censorship by publishing information censored in oppressive countries.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. lynX
54. And then, there is the 12-step plan for the games industry.
55. Corporations and producers of digital media must trust their own consumers. Sales will reward trust.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. lynX
56. Breaking the law because you disagree with the current law is not the way to solve the problem in a democratic society.
    1. Sr
    2. lynX (having laws that reflect a democratic common sense would help, but common sense isn't writing laws these days)
57. ID cards do not make us more secure.
    1. Sr
58. Voicing your views in a Slashdot comment thread is good, in your own blog is better, but in places that non-geeks frequent is best.
    1. Sr
    2. lynX (sowohl als auch)
59. DRM does not work because the customer/user has the key, cipher and ciphertext in the player. (thanks Cory Doctorow)
    1. Jamasi
    2. lynX
60. Bloggers have rights- be aware of them.
61. Find out why electronic voting machines are regulated less than casino gaming machines.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX (ich will ein Siegel, welches kryptographisch beweist, dass ein Gerät exakt die entsprechene open-source-Software laufen hat - kein Byte mehr oder weniger. Solange es so ein Siegel nicht gibt, will ich keinen Computern blindlings vertrauen müssen)
62. Find out about Spimes - they are in your future if things go well.
63. Have a global perspective in ideas of geek civil liberties, intellectual property rights and so forth. Do you like your country’s policies in this respect? Can you help people from another country?
    1. Amon
    2. Sr
64. Geek activism is not all about extreme positions. There is a gradient- find your position on it.
    1. Sr
65. Read the PATRIOT ACT - know what you are really up against.
    1. Sr (auch hier: der Terrorkampf kommt aus den USA -> so kann es auch hier enden)
    2. lynX (read the BKA-Gesetz and the CCC-Report on Vorratsdatenspeicherung usw)
66. In the US, put a few technologists in power in Washington. Abroad, do the same for your own seat of government.
67. Write to mainstream media- they have more mindshare than they are given credit for.
    1. Sr
    2. lynX
68. Read what your founding fathers said before taking someone’s word for it. Quote the founding fathers back at them- there were so many of them, and they said and wrote so much, that you will find a quote for each situation. Try this one for starters, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – Benjamin Franklin. Read more Bejamin Franklin. Read more cool quotes
69. Read more.
    1. Sr
70. Mixed tapes are legal. Time-shifting TV is legal. Regardless of the media.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
71. Decide what is offensive for yourself- don’t let the government decide it for you. If you do not, pretty soon, you may only see one side of every argument.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
72. Music purchases should not be governed by determining which seller has the most clout among the player manufacturers.
73. We do not lock the door to our bedrooms or bathrooms because we have something to hide. We do not secure our networks, conversations, emails and files because we have something to hide.
    1. Amon
    2. Sr
    3. lynX
74. Make sure that if a vendor locks you in, you lock them out.
    1. lynX :)
75. 80% of games are not rated M.
    1. Sr
76. You may agree with Richard Stallman, but make sure you understand the opposing point of view.
    1. Sr
77. An email tax to certify that it is “legitimate” is an awful idea.
    1. Sr
78. Know your rights and be prepared to defend them.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
79. Open source is not free.
80. Free is open source.
81. The ESRB game rating system exists for a reason- so that parents can be parents and the government can get on with more important stuff.
    1. Sr (PEGI (www.pegi.info) in Deutschland)
82. Do not allow corporations to get away with assisting oppressive regimes. Let your voice be heard.
83. Linux is no longer a philosophy - it is a good piece of software. Use it if it fits your needs.
    1. Amon
84. There are reasons based in mathematics that establish the NSA wiretaps and other similar brute data mining ideas do not work.
85. Multiple nag screens that warn us of possible insecurity do not make us more secure.
86. More information available to the most number of people is a good thing.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
87. There are DRM free alternatives for music you can play anywhere.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
88. Vote.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr (für die Piratenpartei natürlich)
89. Free as in free lunch is good. Free as in a free people is even better. For software and for everything else.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
90. Quoting Schneier's blog: Cardinal Richelieu understood the value of surveillance when he famously said, “If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged.” Watch someone long enough, and you’ll find something to arrest—or just blackmail—with. Privacy is important because without it, surveillance information will be abused: to peep, to sell to marketers and to spy on political enemies—whoever they happen to be at the time.
    1. Sr
    2. lynX
91. Read our modern geek philosophers- read Bruce Perens, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling and even Richard Stallman. Read Schneier to find practical reasons why stupid security mechanisms are stupid. Read them even if you disagree with them- it will help frame your point of view.
92. DRM only keeps an honest user honest.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
93. You have the right to anonymity on the internet.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon
    3. Sr
    4. lynX
94. Be proud of being a geek, a gamer, a privacy advocate, promoter of free speech and an innovator without fear of litigation, of government or restrictions on liberties- a geek activist.
    1. Amon
95. Most of all- have fun.
    1. Jamasi
    2. Amon

[Quelle der Liste]

deutsch

1. Ein Lizenzabkommen zu verletzen ist kein Diebstahl.
2. Halte Kontakt mit den Leuten, die du wählen darfst und stelle sicher, dass du weißt, wie sie über die Themen denken, die dir wichtig sind.
3. Viel wichtiger noch, stelle sicher, dass diese Leute wissen wie du darüber denkst
4. Alles wird eines Tages gemeinfrei sein, sogar Mickey Mouse.
5. Benutze TOR für Privatsphäre und Annonymität.
6. "Trusted computers" darf man nicht vertrauen.
7. Warum muss ich Purzelbäume schlagen, nur damit ich meine eigenen Heim-DVDs auf den Monitor bekomme?
8. Kenne den DMCA damit du weißt, was auf dich zukommt.
9. Der wahre Feind ist der Satz "Wenn du nichts zu verbergen hast, hast du nichts zu befürchten." Jemand, der diese Auffassung hat, nimmt an, dass das Bedürfnis nach Privatsphäre Rechtsverletzungen vorasusetzt.
10. Proprietäre Dateiformate dürfen keine öffentlich zugänglichen Informationen speichern.
11. Niemand hat mir je erklärt, wie ich meine Schallplatten abspielen kann. Warum sind meine MP3s anders?
12. Die analoge Lücke ist keine Lücke. Die Welt ist analog.
13. Seine Kunden wie Kriminelle - oder potentielle Kriminelle - zu behandeln, wird für sinkende Kundenzahlen sorgen.
14. In aller Deutlichkeit: zahlende Kunden wie potentielle Kriminelle zu behandeln, ist eine zum Scheitern verurteilte Stategie.
15. Fair Useist eine gute Sache.
16. Schreibe an deine Lokalzeitung. Sie kann die Meinung der Leute bilden, die (noch) nicht verstehen, was uns wichtig ist.
17. Mach dich über zivilen Ungehorsam schlau.
18. Data mining hilft nicht Terroranschläge zu verhindern.
19. Tu' öffentlich deine Meinung kund.
20. All jene von euch, die etwas Freiheit gegen Sicherheit eintauschen möchten, beantwortet dies: "Wer bewacht die Bewacher?
21. Außer in extremen Fällen sollte die Regierung nichts mit dem Erziehen unserer Kinder zu tun haben.
22. Wenn du mit Leuten diskutierst, die anderer Meinung sind, sei höflich, nicht herablassend.
23. RFID ist nur eine Technologie - ihre Existenz macht uns nicht sicherer
24. Jetzt und in Zukunft: das Vorhandensein von Verschlüsselung schlussfolgert nichts. Vielmehr bedeutet es, dass es dich nichts angeht. Ohne besonderen Grund sollte der Nutzer einer Verschlüsselung diese nicht rechtfertigen müssen.
25. Flame wars helfen der anderen Seite
26. Neue Technologien um Medien zu förden und entwickeln werden sich wegen Computern und dem Internet entwicken, nicht deren Existenz zum Trotz.
27. Sicherheit erfordert Gegenleistungen. Was bist du bereit aufzugeben?
28. Microsoft "die Bösen" zu nennen hilft dir nicht weiter, es polarisiert nur die Diskussion.
29. Benutze Creative Commons.
30. Verstehe den Unterschied zwischen zivilen Ungehorsam und Gesetzesbruch.
31. Lege deine Argumentation in Hinblick auf den "Otto-Normal-Verbraucher" aus nicht auf den Computer-Geek. Diese Probleme Treffen die Geeks zuerst, haben aber in der Zukunft Relevanz für alle.
32. Privatsphäre, zivile Freiheiten und Bürgerrechte sind ein rutschiger Abhang. Der Grund warum wir ständig um sie kämpfen, ist nicht die utopische Gesellschaft. Ich suche ein fortwährendes Tauziehen, das meine Ziele Stück für Stück voranbringt.
33. Nutzer möchten keine Erlaubnis digitale Medien zu nutzen, sie möchten digitale Medien besitzen. Dies bedeutet, sie zu nutzen, wo sie wünschen, im Abpielgerät ihrer Wahl ohne Furcht vor plötzlichem Funktionsversagen oder Rechtsstreitigkeiten. Diese Nutzer sind Kunden, behandelt sie mit Respekt.
34. Unterstützt die freien, öffentlichen Archive der Informationen.
35. Unterwandere Zensur durch die Veröffentlichung von Informationen, die in repessiven Staaten nicht zugänglich sind. http://irrepressible.info/ .
36. Unternehmen und Produzenten von digitalen Medien müssen ihren Kunden vertrauen. Die Verkaufszahlen werden Vertrauen belohnen.
37. Das Gesetz zu brechen, weil du anderer Meinung bist, ist nicht der Weg Probleme zu lösen in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft.
38. (elektronische) Personalausweise bringen keine zusätzliche Sicherheit.
39. Deine Meinung in einem Slashdot/Heise-Kommentar abzugeben ist gut, in einem Blog um so besser. Ungeschlagen sind jedoch Orte, die auch Nicht-Geeks zugänglich sind.
40. DRM funktioniert nicht, weil der Kunde/Nutzer den Schlüssel im Player hat. (siehe auchCory Doctorow)

(geht später weiter in der übersetzung)

1. Finde heraus warum Wahlcomputer weniger reguliert werden als elektronische Kasino-Spielmaschinen.
2. Have a global perspective in ideas of geek civil liberties, intellectual property rights and so forth. Do you like your country’s policies in this respect? Can you help people from another country?
3. Geek activism is not all about extreme positions. There is a gradient- find your position on it.
4. Read the PATRIOT ACT - know what you are really up against.
5. Write to mainstream media- they have more mindshare than they are given credit for.
6. Read more.
7. Mixed tapes are legal. Time-shifting TV is legal. Regardless of the media.
8. Decide what is offensive for yourself- don’t let the government decide it for you. If you do not, pretty soon, you may only see one side of every argument.
9. We do not lock the door to our bedrooms or bathrooms because we have something to hide. We do not secure our networks, conversations, emails and files because we have something to hide.
10. 80% of games are not rated M.
11. You may agree with Richard Stallman, but make sure you understand the opposing point of view.
12. An email tax to certify that it is “legitimate” is an awful idea.
13. Know your rights and be prepared to defend them.
14. The ESRB game rating system exists for a reason- so that parents can be parents and the government can get on with more important stuff.
    1. Sr (PEGI (www.pegi.info) in Deutschland)
15. Linux is no longer a philosophy - it is a good piece of software. Use it if it fits your needs.
16. More information available to the most number of people is a good thing.
17. There are DRM free alternatives for music you can play anywhere.
18. Vote.
19. Free as in free lunch is good. Free as in a free people is even better. For software and for everything else.
20. Quoting Schneier's blog: Cardinal Richelieu understood the value of surveillance when he famously said, “If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged.” Watch someone long enough, and you’ll find something to arrest—or just blackmail—with. Privacy is important because without it, surveillance information will be abused: to peep, to sell to marketers and to spy on political enemies—whoever they happen to be at the time.
21. DRM only keeps an honest user honest.
22. You have the right to anonymity on the internet.
23. Be proud of being a geek, a gamer, a privacy advocate, promoter of free speech and an innovator without fear of litigation, of government or restrictions on liberties- a geek activist.
24. Most of all- have fun.