Should e-voting experience of Estonia be copied? @37C3
Although electronic voting has been used 13 times in various elections in Estonia since 2005, the legal, procedural and technical problems are far from solved, but have rather backfired in political situation getting more complicated.
Electronic voting is hard to observe because one can't directly see into computers. In case of Estonia, the cryptographic measures to verify the processes are only partially implemented, but as voters have to download a voting application that implements a protocol with a public specification, observers/voters can obtain a special insight into processes by implementing their own tools to cast and verify the votes.
In 2023, several projects in the public administration have chosen to take advantage of the benefits of FOSS. E.g., Germany's initiative to build an open office and collaboration platform (openDesk) has made great progress, the German developer portal (docs.fitko.de) got an upgrade and Germany developed standard contractual clauses for public sector open source projects (EVB-IT).
Speaker: Marco given at [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2818-some-updates-on-public-code-in-germany/), licensed under [CC BY 2.0 BE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/be/deed.en).
ASPs (or Ariadne Signature Profiles) are "online passports" secured by modern cryptographic standards that let you publicly prove your Fediverse accounts, your Matrix account, your git forge accounts, and many more. People can use websites like keyoxide.org to verify the validity of such online passports.
Speaker: Yarmo Mackenbach at [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3705-using-elliptic-curve-cryptography-for-the-purposes-of-identity/), licensed under [CC BY 2.0 BE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/be/deed.en).
Platform engineering is taking the software development world by storm, but its terminology and concepts can be intimidating for newcomers. This lightning talk will break down the essential aspects of platform engineering in a clear and concise way, making it accessible even for "dummies."
Speaker: Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. given at [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3543-platform-engineering-for-dummies/), licensed under [CC BY 2.0 BE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/be/deed.en).
The Linux Kernel lies at the heart of many high profile services and applications. And since the kernel code executes at the highest privilege level it is very important to keep up with kernel updates to ensure the production systems are patched in a timely manner for numerous security vulnerabilities discovered almost every day.
Speaker: Ignat Korchagin given at [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3370-an-engineer-s-guide-to-linux-kernel-upgrades/), licensed under [CC BY 2.0 BE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/be/deed.en).
There isn’t one way to build your career in open source as there are a variety of roles beyond writing code and many different routes into those roles. It’s also important for individuals to chart their own path that aligns with their unique experience and interest.
Speakers: Dawn M Foster, Ray Paik, Ildiko Vancsa, Allison Randal given at [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1808-how-to-chart-your-own-career-path-in-open-source-panel-discussion/), licensed under [CC BY 2.0 BE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/be/deed.en).
OpenTalk is more than just another video conferencing solution. Designed with a special focus on data protection and security, OpenTalk offers a completely reimagined solution ideally suited for public administration. With its modern IT architecture and strict data segregation, OpenTalk meets the highest standards of data protection and security, fully compliant with the GDPR.
Speaker: Wolfgang Silbermayr at [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2396-opentalk-video-conferencing-secure-and-gdpr-compliant/), licensed under [CC BY 2.0 BE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/be/deed.en).
In Bavaria, an open source solution is running the file and collaboration cloud for 6300 schools, all their pupils, parents and teachers of the German Bundesland -- thanks to ownCloud's newest product, Infinite Scale, initially developed at CERN, together with the science community. Infinite Scale was completely written in Go, with microservices and an infinitely scalable cloud-native architecture.
Speaker: David Walter given at [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2415-how-to-build-an-open-source-school-cloud-for-5-million-users/), licensed under [CC BY 2.0 BE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/be/deed.en).