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Intro Video
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Greetings my friends.
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We are all interested in the future,
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for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.
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You are interested in the unknown,
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the mysterious, the unexplainable
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and this is why you are here.
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And that's why I say:
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Thank you for coming to the 30th Chaos Communication Congress.
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applause
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So it's been 30 years and we have come a long way.
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From beeing a small group of nerds and geeks
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whose advice were mostly ignored,
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it all became a huge movement,
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a huge movement of people whose advise is still mostly ignored.
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laughter and applause
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But this year's congress has no motto.
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Why is that?
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Usually we come up with some kind of twist
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and somebody has an idea to convey a message to the community, as well as the public.
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But this year there is no motto. Because this year we are speechless.
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Our mind is empty.
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There was no message that was strong enough
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and that was describing what was actually going on inside us.
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Nobody came up with something.
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So there is no motto.
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Because we found ourselves waking up.
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Waking up from a bad dream.
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Waking up from the bad dream to a reality that was even worse.
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And a reality that can no longer be ignored.
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We woke up into "Hollywood Reality",
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you know where an agent on TV puts your soul up on screen
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with a few clicks and no apparent skills involved.
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And usually we have been laughing a lot when this happens.
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But this year we stopped laughing. It's not funny.
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Because this agent, this is an digital Agent Orange.
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This agent came and took the leaves from the forest where we used to live and flourish.
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The forest that feeds us. The forest that brings value to our lives.
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That allows us to learn, to evolve and to have fun.
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So what shall we do now?
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How can we deal with this situation?
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Is there anything left to do or is it just "Game Over"?
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Shall we just give the money back to the shareholders and quit?
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Can we rewind history and start over from scratch?
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Probably not. We have embarked on a trend that looks irreversible.
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But let's rewind a bit nevertheless.
Let's look back in time.
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So 1984 was not only the first year when this congress came to life, it was also a tale, a scary tale.
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But as it turned out not a fairy tale.
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And we told the world that this was not an instruction manual, you know.
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But something to be aware of. But nobody listened.
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But also in 1984 we came together as a community, as a group of like minded people,
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that shared knowledge and discussed the future.
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We saw the risks but we also saw the chances, and we still do.
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And because the best way to predict the future is to invent it,
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the hackers formed the net based on their core principles: trust and friendship.
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Turns out this was not enough. So now it's 2013.
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We are way ahead in the 21st century that was once the glorious future we were all longing for.
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But now it all seems so broken and so useless.
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What we need to do now? We have to reinvent the net.
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We have to rethink the net.
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We need to redesign our forest so that we can still live in harmony, but we are also save from the predators.
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What we need is a New Standards Alliance.
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A force so strong, that it can at least slow the pace of global surveillance to get some control back.
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You can do it. And you can start here.
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Right here, right now.
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And your conscience matters!
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Always do what your heart tells you.
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Do not follow the money.
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If there's one thing we've learned from this lost year it's that each of us can make a difference.
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One person can start a wave that can't be stopped.
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Oh and by the way we have an appointment.
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We have an appointment to make.
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To make it easier for all of you, to move quickly and without fear
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I hereby declare you being genuine and authorized popes.
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laughter and applause
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And as a pope is someone who is not under the authority of the authorities, you should do well now.
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So protected from all the evil in the world I leave you and thank you again for being awesome
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and for wanting to be a part of the solution.
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"Carpe Noctem", use the night, have fun and let's save the world!
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applause
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