Are trackingsystems like for example GPS dangerous for our society? How will the development of biometry influence civil rights? Who is why interested in collecting data of patients within the health system? These and other questions, which reflect the relationship between computer technology and society are discussed by the monthly program “Chaosradio”This broadcast has been existing since 1995 and has become a real classic.It is on of Germany’s oldest radioprograms on new technologies and communication. – It can be listened to on every month’s last Wednesday between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. on Radio Fritz/Radio Berlin Brandenburg. For those, who have no access to the on air programs, there is a website, where all programs, since the first one from 1995, is available as download or podcast.
There are also supplementary podcasts like „Chaosradio Express“ and „Chaosradio Express International“ (in English), which deal with special topics like for example the history of Wikipedia or protagonists of the free software movement.
“Chaosradio” is produced by the German Chaos Computer Club, which was founded by and for hackers in 1981. Its aim is to strengthen freedom of information and communication as a human right.