I've been watching the live streams since 25c3. First of all, it's a great thing there are so many volunteers make such a big conference possible. Since the 4 years the c3 was a highlight in the year for me. But I have to say I was a bit disappointed this time. I don't know why exactly, but it seems to shift focus. The 3rd talk about osmocom is not that exciting, so is the n-th about hacking outdated wireless smartcards. Yes, electro mechanical instruments are fun, but I haven't seen much new and not a single line of code.
There was quite a lot of dissent about 29c3 primarily because it moved. I think that is also the reason the schedule suffered, so hopefully it's just temporary. Here's Harald Welte discussing why he didn't participate this year: http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2012/12/18/#20121218-29c3
Probably it is the congress. ( At least I heard a few times that the congress should be more technical.) But on the other hand, the CCC becomes more and more visible in German politics. ( As the default experts for anything computer and 'cyber' related.) So I believe it is only logical that the congress also becomes more political.
This was probably the most practical explanation of what's involved in setting up a microprobe workstation that I've seen. Not a ton of depth, but interesting.
- Writing a Thumbdrive from Scratch
Starts with a good premise and goes into sufficient detail to be interesting.
- FactHacks
Best vaguely mathy talk. For some reason, I'm always surprised when I see video of djb -- he is a very good lecturer.
How best should I extract the audio so I can listen to these as a podcast on my mp3 player? More specifically, I have an iPod with 20 GB of space, of which 4 is free. This is enough for a couple of videos, but it doesn't want to play the .mp4 file, and I would rather have a dozen audio recordings than one video one.
For those cases where I need to see the video in order to better understand the talk, I'll watch it on my lap/desktop.
[+] [-] fosap|13 years ago|reply
Maybe it's me, maybe it's the congress.
[+] [-] hosay123|13 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] gorekee|13 years ago|reply
howto hack the law - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWdkSGuGOfQ
enemies of the state - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH2tJcU9lqU
[+] [-] Mad_Dud|13 years ago|reply
- Writing a Thumbdrive from Scratch - http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5327-en-writin...
[+] [-] danohuiginn|13 years ago|reply
On the social/political side, I loved http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5305-en-long_l... It's more about conveying a perspective than information, though.
[+] [-] bexxt4r|13 years ago|reply
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5275-en-factha...
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5393-en-milkin...
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5319-en-certif...
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5152-en-hashfl...
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5219-en-how_i_...
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5256-en-the_fu...
http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2012/29c3-5206-en-the_et...
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[+] [-] mjdk|13 years ago|reply
Just a lot of fun ways to abuse x86 page tables.
- Low cost microprobing
This was probably the most practical explanation of what's involved in setting up a microprobe workstation that I've seen. Not a ton of depth, but interesting.
- Writing a Thumbdrive from Scratch
Starts with a good premise and goes into sufficient detail to be interesting.
- FactHacks
Best vaguely mathy talk. For some reason, I'm always surprised when I see video of djb -- he is a very good lecturer.
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[+] [-] janerik|13 years ago|reply
I've heard Everycook was good, too. Still need to watch it.
For some mathematics/security: Facthacks
Topmost on my to-watch list right now: Hacking Cisco phones.
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[+] [-] dalke|13 years ago|reply
For those cases where I need to see the video in order to better understand the talk, I'll watch it on my lap/desktop.
[+] [-] woodson|13 years ago|reply
http://edge.lynxcdn.com/ccc/29c3/index.php?dir=audio%2Fmp3-a...
(full list of mirrors, mostly located in Germany: http://events.ccc.de/congress/2012/wiki/Documentation#Record...)
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