Geek Alarm at Campus Party Berlin - is this us?

Re: Geek Alarm at Campus Party Berlin - is this us? by stwe on Thursday August 23, 2012 @08:40AM (#4422005)

These procedures trade my freedom and privacy for security. I always have someone keep an eye on my stuff, but I've also been at similar events (Chaos Communication Camp 2011) where keeping something unattended was not a problem at all.

Treating all you attendees like potential thieves is simply a bad premise for a hacker event.

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Re: Geek Alarm at Campus Party Berlin - is this us? by ig1 on Thursday August 23, 2012 @06:22PM (#4425180)

According to the CCC FAQ Laptops have been stolen in the past

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Re: Geek Alarm at Campus Party Berlin - is this us? by biafra on Friday August 24, 2012 @02:03PM (#4428768)

Yes. Of course. And there have been or will be stolen laptops at this event. The "security system" is easy to circumvent, if you do a little planning and want to steal something. The stickers are removable and re-attachable. You can register whatever, whenever you want. It is not done at the door. On my MacBook the serial number was taken from a screen, that I prepared.

But even the CCC had several years of congress with this kind of "security". So I am not mad at the organizers. We even had one congress where every participant had his/her photo taken. This actually had a major uproar and wasn't done ever again. I think maybe the organizers will learn and do things differently next time. At least I hope if they do this again in Berlin.

The most ridiculous things like not bringing lighters or no smoking outside the Hanger was removed from the Term & Conditions.

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