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So, the german national elections are over, and the results are in: (Graph via NekoMimiModo, thanks for that)

(Black: CDU/CSU [Conservative], Yellow: FDP [Libertarian/Conservative], Red: SPD [Social democratic], Green: Green party, Pink: Left party [Left of the SPD])

The government will be a coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP, a very conservative combination. So, here’s what I expect of those parties not part of the government for the next four years.

SPD

The SPD have gotten their worst election resut since 1949, and lost more voters in one election cycle than any party in germany ever before. As one of the members of the JuSos (SPD-affine youth organization) put it, people do not trust the SPD anymore.

This has its reasons. Over the last eight years, the SPD has been sliding more and more to the right. By now, they have become much like a second CDU, with only slight variations in method. This has to stop. The SPD has to return to their social-democrat roots. That includes more democracy from the base up, with members being included in party decicions much more, a formulation of very clear goals and policies and sticking to them, and a general shift back to the left.

Furthermore, the SPD has to hold the CDU to their promise to keep the FDP in check on workers rights, which the FDP wants to dramatically curb in the name of a “free” market.

Green party

The green party has been in the opposition for a while, and needs to continue their work there as before, especially on nuclear phaseout and alternative energies. But, much like the SPD, the green party needs to finally clearly formulate what their policy on such issues as personal liberties and surveillance is, instead of saying one thing and doing another.

Left party

The left party needs to get in a position where it would actually be reasonable for the SPD to enter into a coalition with them. That means, mostly, personal changes. Gysi and other ex-SED folk are just not an option.

Pirate party

The pirate party will have to continue their work outside of the parliament, educating people on the topics they care about. The weeks before the election were great, this work needs to be kept up.

Politically, they need to keep reminding the FDP that they promised to keep the CDU in check on personal liberties and surveillance - sadly, the FDP tends to be a little weak on the liberty part unless the rights of big companies are concerned.

Other than that, the pirate party has to start having an opinion on more topics than it currently has, if it wants to have a chance in further elections. And there certainly are a lot of topics that the established parties tend to overlook that are in dire need of some pirate attention. This, and strong local work, can help bring the pirate party closer to their goals.

Today, a package with THE LAW times 50 arrived - finally, my package from the BPB, with 50 issues of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, the german constitution. To be given away to people who have none, or at a political event eventually.

So, who wants one? ;)

I has a new pubkey.

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November 9th:

• 1923: Hitler-Ludendorff putsch.
• 1938: Reichskristallnacht.
• 2007: Vorratsdatenspeicherung. (de)

The pattern here is clear.

Jep, today the Bundestag decided to go against the will of the people, against the Grundgesetz (The german constitution), and agaist the likeley decision of the European Court and the highest german court, and passed a law permitting the government to use all the peoples connection data, be it from internet or phones, for pretty much whatever. It also mandates ISPs to keep said data. This is, of course, to protect us from the terrorists!

Nevermind that the econonic impact of having to store all this data will pretty much kill small ISPs, worsening the situation on an already pretty monopolistic market.

Nevermind that studies showed that 99.9% of all that data will never be even requested by police, and that, obviously, the biggest part of all that data is about completley innocent people, a crass violation of people rights.

Nevermind that this creates a climate of fear, in which people are afraid to say what they think.

Nevermind that this data will be misused, by people inside the system, and computer criminals outside the system.

Nevermind that it’s trivial for actual criminals to work around this with the likes of TOR and with stong cryptography.

Nevermind that this is a slippery slope to worse laws, and that laws like this usually only exist in facist states, like the DDR.

Nevermind all this, we have to have this law, as there is no other way to protect us from the immense terrorist threat.

What follows now is the biggest number of lawsuits about a single issue ever brought before germans highest court (Over 7000 people, and all opposition parties will file suit). As this is so clearly against the fundamental right of informational self-determination, this law must go. Or the terrorists, wanting to destroy our freedoms, win.

• More info at Vorratsdatenspeicherung.de.

So apparently, he pissed of someone with a botnet, who went on and killed off his tumblelog. Which means I think you should read what pissed of those people and what they wanted to suppress, and what he has to say about that.

lol, bundestrojaner

For those who do not know, the so-called “Bundestrojaner” is a trojan horse app developed by the German law enforcement agencies to peek at suspects hard drives without them knowing. This is a highly illegal and unconstitutional practice, and the law must be clarified in that way and not be fumbled around with to excuse this human rights breakage.

Take action: de/en, Chaos Computer Club.

Wooo. Fucking. Hoo. It’s official: The German bundestag passed a law illegalizing the posession of tools whose aim it is to break computer security.

nmap, tcpdump, or *gasp* metasploit: Illegal in germany.

Watch in awe as network administrators just suddenly stop administrating, universities delete linux from their servers (Cause like it’s illegal!), and people teaching computer security stop teaching (Who needs security experts anyways, when the internet has been declared hacker-free. I mean, this will sureley stop people who were planning to do something illegal anyways.). Basically, business as usual, but now we can get jailed for it.

To celebrate this occasion, I’ve just downloaded nmap. You can, too: It’s here, please be aware that clicking this link and downloading and compiling the source is illegal in germany, and might get you thrown in jail. Really, it’d be funny if it wasn’t actually a law.