And today in Google AI land: Insulting the fine Danes organizing #bornhack. Google AI is really the biggest piece of garbage that company has ever created.
And today in Google AI land: Insulting the fine Danes organizing #bornhack. Google AI is really the biggest piece of garbage that company has ever created.
HAHA #bornhack badge go BRR
It would be really nice if the mailserver for #bornhack would not absolutely require TLS. For mail TLS is (unfortunately) quite pointless anyways, most mail servers don't validate certificates on outgoing connections and my current setup just don't support it at all for outgoing mails. In any case, it is my decision and I don't see why a remote server thinks it can/should require me to use encryption. Now I have to use gmail as an alternative which does not improve anything.
Who does #bornhack Lost&Found? It seems I have lost my awesome Philips Sonicare toothbrush. I'm so sad, I only had it for like three weeks and it was so awesome, finally my teeth felt so clean and fresh Only explanation I have for where it might went missing is that I might have left it by accident in the washroom+shower building. It is in white box like on the picture.
My dear toothbrush, I mish you Come back to me.
Leave nothing behind #BornHack
After toying with the #Bornhack #meshtastic #badge I learned:
- enabling Wifi disables Bluetooth
- setting the wrong SSID makes it impossible to connect
- I haven't found a way to factory reset it except reflashing firmware
To build and flash the firmware:
- install platform.io CLI and esptool
- clone https://github.com/badgeteam/bornhack2025-meshtastic (the renze/display branch if you got a display)
- run `platformio run -e bornhack-badge-2025-esp32c3-sx1262`
- upload using `esptool write-flash -e 0 firmware.bin`
Fighting the withdrawal from the Nordics after #bornhack (yes, I know that IKEA is not Danish)
IKEA Wuppertal
(Final?) Misc #bornhack photos
More #bornhack bar area
mmm, the #bornhack bar area
The dogs of #bornhack (with owners permission ofc)
𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐩å 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫æ𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐭
Fra 16. juli til 23. juli blev BornHack festivalen afholdt for tiende år i træk med fokus på teknologi og sikkerhed. BornHack er åben for alle, varer syv dage og er bygget op som en teltlejr ude i en skov på Fyn.
Formålet er, at deltagerne netværker, lærer om nye teknologier, debatterer om digital sikkerhed og får ny brugbar viden med hjem. Logistikken er på plads - der er styr på strømforsyning og netforbindelse kombineret med en helt særlig wibe med stor tolerance og plads til diversitet. Ud af de ca. 500 deltagere er omkring halvdelen fra Danmark og resten fra andre europæiske lande. Tobias @fonsmark fra Semaphor har været med fra begyndelsen i 2016 sammen med de oprindelige initiativtagere til BornHack.
“Indholdet på BornHack med den kritiske tilgang til digital sikkerhed er mere aktuelt end nogensinde og matcher Semaphors udgangspunkt. Af samme grund er Semaphor dobbeltsponsor for BornHack – dels med Jitsi hosting, men også som kontantsponsor. Semaphor er endvidere involveret i planlægningsarbejdet omkring BornHacks workshops og paneldebatter. I år er der eksempelvis en spændende paneldebat om aktuelle sikkerhedsmæssige emner”, fortæller Tobias Fonsmark.
I paneldebatten, som Tobias Fonsmark er medarrangør af, deltog Camilla Gregersen fra Data Etisk Råd, Karen Melchior, tidligere medlem af Europaparlamentet, Poul-Henning Kamp, FreeBSD udvikler samt Henrik Kramselund, Internet networker og sikkerhedskonsulent. Journalist Anders Kjærulff fungerede som moderator for debatten, der omhandlede:
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯å𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 i al krypteret kommunikation, hvor man fra EUs side ønsker at scanne alle beskeder for CSAM før kryptering - direkte på folks egne telefoner. Forslaget har vakt stor opsigt og bekymring i privacy-kredse og er blevet udsat flere gange.
𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯 𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟ø𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐩å 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫 for at tvinge techgiganterne Facebook/instagram og TIKTOK til at holde helt unge brugere ude. I følge digitaliseringsministeren skal det ske med en app, som er klar i 2026. Denne app skal også være borgernes digitale wallet, som potentielt kan indeholde alt fra pas, bankoplysninger og sundhedsdata. Appen forventes at virke på Apple og Android devices sammen med Windows og OSX.
𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐛å𝐝𝐞 𝐢 𝐝𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞. Hvad er fremtiden for software i EU og i Danmark på kort og på lang sigt? Hvor nært forestående er skiftet til open source løsninger for at sikre digital suverænitet?
May have had one of the best sleeps in the last 10 years post #bornhack
Perhaps surviving 8 days on ClubMate is not the best strategy, but hey it was a lot of fun!!
Set på #BornHack t-shirt
Zymocenosilicaphobia (zi-mo-cenno-cilly-kafobi-ə,) n. excessive or irrational fear of an empty beer glass; prejudice or hatred of an empty beer glass.
We had so much fun at #Bornhack. It went by far to quickly. Was also my first time there, it felt like home with how cozy it was and how accepting everyone is there. Can't wait for the next one
#Bornhack was fun.
Meeting about half of Fedi’s Fionas there too.
That said, it was also at times confusing. My deadname is even more common, but that was usually less of a problem. At Bornhack I actualy had a few genuine “oh, you mean someone else”-moments…
Still enjoying meeting every single one of you though.
All of you have a great taste in chosen names.
As we had to put tent and shelter away wet after #bornhack , today is drying day. ...