• + Ethics in Technology

  Through various occasions and subjects during my studies of computer sciences I came to the conclusion that there is a responsibility that comes with the creation of technology. (Es gibt eine Verantwortung, die der Schaffung von Technologie innewohnt.) This inherent responsibility changes our view of technology and its development.
  I will yet have to tinker with this one.

• + Free- and Open Source Software

  Linux, Open Source and Free Software in my eyes opened up a brand new world to our fingertips. Free information or information libre becomes more and more popular through projects like the Wikipedia, Creative Commons and of course, Free Software.
  Technology (through Free Software) started forming a movement of freedom of information and accessibility which we can witness these days. I try to be a part of it.
  Privacy has become a big issue to me in the last years and I think this has a lot to do with the fact that the access to information has become ubiquitous for most of us.

• + Freedom of Information and Speech

  Not only do knowledge, information and ideas need to be accessible to everyone, just as importantly their creation, publication and modification have to be an opportunity to everyone regardless of origin or social status.
  Information that concerns the general public needs to be available for use as well as the secrecy of private data needs to be enforced both by public and private efforts. (..trying to paraphrase the CCC motto: "Öffentliche Daten nutzen, private Daten schützen")

• + Politics and activities in politics

  I've been interested in politics (mostly social, ethical and environmental aspects) for a long time. Today I'm politically active mostly through my activities in the Chaos Computer Club as well as through Free Software related and political groups (see "Activities").

• + Music, Photography, Movies

  Concerning non-technology and political subjects, I'm totally into music (don't ask me for a genre, I like pretty much everything besides Volksmusik..), photography, movies.
  I started taking photos when I bought my first digital camera in 2002 so when it comes to real photography I'm an illiterate really.

blogs

• Nerdpolitik
• @freakkaerf (twitter)

photography

• mks (photolog community, I post there as kaerf)
• MdmwmT (contains cat content)

rl social activities

• Pirate Party Bremen
• Chaos Computer Club Bremen
• Chaos Computer Club
• FoeBuD
• Arbeitskreis gegen Internetsperren und Zensur
• Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung

selected talks

• 14.02.2012: Talk: "Vom Flugblatt zur Facebook-Revolution – Bürgerschaftliches Engagement im Zeichen des Medienwandels"
• 02.02.2012: Talk: "Mal eben ausgespäht" - der maschinenlesbare Mensch
• 21.04.2010: CCCHB: Bildungsurlaub: Sie nennen es Netzpolitik (slides with notes, handout with addresses)
• 20.04.2009: Seminar IT-Recht (Uni Bremen): Immaterialgüterrecht im Überblick
• 05.12.2008: YMo: FLOSS

• 10/2011: member of german Pirate Party
• 09/2010: member of FIfF e.V.
• 10/2009: member of FoeBuD e.V.
• 10/2009: member of AK Zensur (Association against internet blocking and censorship)
• 07/2008: co-founded non-profit association Chaos Computer Club Bremen e.V.

• 10/2005: started a local Chaos Computer Club Group in Bremen (CCC Bremen)
• 05/2005 to 09/2005: external affairs consultant of UStA (the student's council of Uni Karlsruhe)
• summer 2004 to autumn 2005: member of LinuxTag's organizational core
• early 2004 to 07/2008: member of Entropia (CCC in Karlsruhe)
• 03/2003 to 07/2009: member of the german green party
• 2002 to 2004: LinuxTag crew member

Freak|kaerF

Contact

• Email: freak at kaerf .org GPG (ID: 0xB8D23510) (encrypted email preferred; consider unsigned messages as not necessarily originating from me)
• Jabber: kaerf at jabber.ccc dot de
• twitter: @freakkaerf

Location

Bremen, Germany
Paris, France
Munich, Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany
Pforzheim, Germany

Freak|kaerF

Occupation

• 05/2010 to present: freelance lecturer at WiSoAk
• 10/2005 to present: studying Computer Science at Uni Bremen
• 01/2008 to 05/2008: one semestre at Univ Paris Diderot
• 09/2007 to 01/2008: intern at GeNUA near Munich

Languages

Feel free to contact me in german as well as in english or french.