Last year it was no lasers, this year it's also no soldering. This is how hacker cons die. #34c3pic.twitter.com/n8Ep3BQ6Px
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If HonkHase says it's a problem, it's probably a problem. The guys it usually pretty chill and only takes out the ban-hammer if it could really create some trouble (which includes legal). But: You don't mess with HonkHase.
It wasn't a problem every year prior, then suddenly all lasers disappeared on day 1 of 33c3. Whatever the problem was, it had nothing to do with individual lasers and everything to do with some kind of general decision, legal or otherwise.
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Note that "is something illegal" is rarely a valid blanket argument. I'm sure countless German rules and regulations are broken at CCC each year and nobody cares.
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Actually there's nothing "illegal" about operating high powered lasers. The problem is, that if something bad^TM happens the rules on liability and insurance can create a HUGE backlash on events like the C3.
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Huh, actually on the 33c3 in the upper levels of the CCH there were a few high powered lasers, with a static beam configuration, also leaving the premises, which made me kind of nervous. If you can see a red laser beam without fog it's certainly beyond class-3a
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Laser classes are useless. The danger posed by a laser is way more complicated than what class it is. Any useful scanner is going to be Class 4 (mine is), but there's a huge difference between a laser pointer (static beam) and a scanner at a minimum distance.
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