Datenklo
The Datenklo (German) or data toilet (English translation) is a portable toilet cubicle which has been re-purposed to provide connectivity at :Hacker camps, hacker camps. This typically includes Wi-Fi and wired communication such as Ethernet. A major event can be served by many data toilets: for example, in 1999 the Chaos Communication Camp had 17 booths. History The original Datenklo or :de:Datenklo, CCC-Modem was an acoustic coupler modem in the early 1980s for which the Chaos Computer Club made plans and schematics available. The moniker 'loo' refers to an ingenious idea in the construction of the device: The use of rubber cuffs, commonly available as plumbing supplies, to connect the audio transducers to a normal telephone receiver. The goal of this Acoustic coupler, acoustically-coupled device was to avoid prosecution for the (illegal at the time) connection of an unlicensed device to the telephone line. The Datenklo name was subsequently repurposed to describe the use of ...
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