It is sad that the C3 is going more and more political, and that actual technical content is apparently being phased out.
There are very few technical "hacking" conferences anymore (i.e. not tied to a particular topic, e.g. Linux)
There are very few technical "hacking" conferences anymore (i.e. not tied to a particular topic, e.g. Linux)
A lot of these talks are held by people that are closely related to the CCC. I expect that once the congress is taking place offline again, there will be a official track with selected talks.
Also please note that the ccc was founded in the TAZ headquarter on the table that previously belonged to the Komune 1. CCC was political from day one. I maybe wasn't so present in the earlier days but as "the internet" got more intertwined with politics the CCC followed.
There was a CfP process and speakers could pick one or more channels they'd like their content to be with (channels are not just individual Erfas too, many streams are run by many different groups together), and the channels coordinated who picks up what talk. At least the channel where I have insight in the process, the majority of talks is by people who aren't "members". So while there are no "main stages", the other channels are open to all (just as many usually are at congress).
EDIT: CfP announcement for reference https://events.ccc.de/2021/11/10/rc3-2021-meta-cfp/
I have no problem about it being left biased. That's was always like that. What makes me sad is how left became "lifestyle left" and consequently the "lifestyle left" became too present in the CCC congress.
However, I was surprised to see some actual statistics that it was already political right from the beginning (sorry, no ref, I barely remember).
And there are always also a lot of technical talks. It is not really phased out. Maybe just some of the political talks get more attention. Or the attention to political content increases. Or maybe my own attention to political topics, and I just ignored that earlier. But when you look for technical content (at least on a regular C3), there is plenty.
No need to be hostile. I haven't attacked you or anyone else.
I never said they didn't have political opinions, it just didn't seem to be politics first. That has changed over the last decade or so, I'm guessing it's a generational shift. I'm fine with that and I'm not asking anyone to change anything. Calm down.
Reading from your linked summary, I get the impression it's not just about being a member of the parliament