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rC3: How the Corona Warning App is protected against hacker attacks

Thomas Klingbeil, senior developer at SAP, gave insights into the backend architecture of the Corona Warning App (CWA) at the remote Chaos Communication Congress (rC3). It basically consists of a CWA server with the diagnostic keys, a verification server and another server for transmitting the test results from the laboratory. The app and the infrastructure… Read more

Missing Link: Sovereign online – how states shape digital self-determination

Already in the first two weeks of the new year you can attend two conferences on the topic of “Digital Sovereignty”, one in Hong Kong and one in Brussels – both of course virtually. East and West do not understand the term to be the same, but also in Europe or in German politics the… Read more

Volkswagen unveiled a working prototype of a robot that will charge electric cars. It is similar to R2-D2

Volkswagen has presented a working prototype of a robot that will charge electric cars. The company came up with this idea at least a year ago, but only now VW showed its idea in practice, confirmed by the video below. The mobile loading robot looks like the Star Wars droid R2-D2. Not only in appearance,… Read more

125 years of cinema: anniversary in the empty movie theater

The press did not accept the organizers’ invitation. And many passers-by refused to attend a public film screening for the first time in the basement of the Paris Grand Café. Entry was one franc. There were ten short films to be seen, which together lasted around 20 minutes. The historical event before 125 years ago… Read more

#FamilyAdminDay: The Day of the IT Gift Helpers – 2020-Videocall-Edition

“The family admin comes back every year.” That would be in full conviction, if 2020 then Year under normal circumstances. Today is actually #FamilyAdminDay, on which people are celebrated who otherwise keep IT or entertainment electronics fit for their loved ones on site all year round. The strange Corona -Year has left deep marks here… Read more

Volkswagen: stop the production of the electric Golf to make room for the ID.3

Volkswagen has confirmed that the production of The electric e-Golf at the Dresden factory was discontinued. The production lines from now on will be dedicated to the new ID.3 of Rosario Grasso published on 24 December 2020 , at 11: 31 in the Technology channel Volkswagen Volkswagen will focus on the project ID.3 , dedicating… Read more

Mini missiles from Germany

While Earth observation satellites were as big as buses a while ago, the same technology can now be found in a few shoe boxes. Big ships like the Ariane 5, which can heave more than 17 tons into orbit, are hardly needed anymore. Instead, “microlauncher”, “nanorockets” or simply “small rockets” are emerging around the world,… Read more

The 86-cent question: Urgent applications rejected, broadcasting fee remains at 17.50 euros

For households in Germany, 16, 50 Euro radio license fee. An increase blocked by Saxony-Anhalt in December to 18, 36 Euro is not affected by urgent requests from ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio. Judges at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rejected the urgent requests of the public broadcasters on Tuesday. That does not say whether… Read more

Remote-controlled vehicles are tested in the Asse nuclear waste storage facility

Remote-controlled vehicles with new transmission technology are to be tested in the Asse nuclear waste storage facility in Lower Saxony. The aim is to increase the safety for the miners underground, according to a joint communication from the Federal Association for Final Storage (BGE) and the development service provider IAV on Monday. The aim is… Read more

heise offer: Workshop: Administration of Docker containers

The Docker Container: Administration and Orchestration online course is aimed at admins who want to use containers in their company. Using practical examples, the basics of container technology, the integration of containers in the network, the exchange of data between containers and the persistent storage of files are covered in four days. The participants learn… Read more

Tesla is no longer allowed to clear forest on part of the construction site

The US electric car manufacturer Tesla was initially slowed down during forest clearing when building its factory in Grünheide near Berlin. The Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg decided that Tesla was not allowed to clear certain edge areas of land because of the protection of species of sand lizards (OVG 11 p 127 / 20)…. Read more

TechStage | Advice: The best Fritzbox for VDSL, cables, LTE and fiber optics

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Oppo Find X2 Pro in the test: performance bargain Asus ROG Phone 3 in the test: perfect Gaming smartphone LG Wing in the test: 1.5 displays and gimbal cam Nokia 3.4 in the test: Update promise for little money Smartphone Realme 7 im Test: 90 Hertz at the saver price Realme… Read more

Comment on networked healthcare: it cannot go on like this!

Serious security problems emerge again with the telematic infrastructure (TI) of the German health system – the lighthouse project with which the federal government has been working for around 20 years ago tried to break new ground. But wherever committed IT security experts have looked as critical citizens so far, abysses and massive problems were… Read more

Security flaws in card terminals and health insurance apps

For decades the federal government slept through the digitization of medicine, now it cannot go fast enough. From the coming year, everything from electronic patient files and e-prescriptions to tele-consultation will gradually run through apps on the smartphone. With hundreds of medical and health apps in the Apple and Google stores, there has so far… Read more

Judge orders Tim Cook and Craig Federighi to testify in Epic’s Fortnite case

The latest development in the ongoing lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple over the iPhone maker’s App Store policies and its removal of the iOS version of Fortnite is a new order from Judge Thomas Hixson outlining rules for Apple CEO Tim Cook and software engineering chief Craig Federighi’s testimony in the case. The court… Read more