25C3

From 28.12. to 30.12.08 the Chaos Computer Club Congress 25C3 is taking place in Berlin. Check the Schedule here and watch streams there.

How to get a new Identity

Last week, the german Chaos Computer Club published the fingerprint of germans interior minister Wolfgang Schauble. They got it from a glas, which was touched by the minister at a public discussion. Download the fingerprint here. This was done due to Schaubles affort on biometric passports. Read what Bruce Schneider says on this coup: „This minister guy, what is he going to do now? His fingerprint is going to be known for all time.“ The fingerprint is not only available on the internet, the CCC also published it in its magazine Datenschleuder with instructions on „how to fake fingerprints“.

This is also out there on youtube, unfortunately on german only:

However, the guys and girls at CCC had been kind enough to publish instructions on english as well: How to fake fingerprints?